Accessory gland-specific peptide 29AB, Acp29B
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AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.
Gene model reviewed during 5.45
0.95 (northern blot)
There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene
234 (aa)
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The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).
Expressed at high levels in male accessory gland main cells; not clear if transcript is expressed in secondary cells.
Comment: in mated female, transferred from male
Comment: in mated female, transferred from male
Acp29AB is absent from the reproductive tracts of virgin females and females 5 min ASM (after the start of mating), but is transferred to the female reproductive tract by 7 min ASM. Acp29AB localizes to the spermathecum 1 hour after mating and is also detectable in the hemolymph of the mated female.
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2-27.7
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Acp29AB is required for the normal maintenance of sperm in storage.
Isolated in a screen for seminal fluid proteins.
Gene is identified in a differential cDNA hybridisation screen.
If females remate frequently relative to the duration of sperm storage and rate of sperm use, sperm displacement may be an important component of male reproductive success. Significant association has been found between Acp29AB mutant male sperm and the ability to resist displacement by subsequent sperm. There is no correlation between the ability to displace resident sperm and the ability to resist being displaced by subsequent sperm, this lack of correlation suggests that different mechanisms mediate that the two components of sperm displacement.
May promote replacement of sperm already stored by a female.
Source for identity of: Acp29AB CG17797