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Description

Hyaluronidase degrades hyaluronic acid, a major structural proteoglycan found in extracellular matrices and basement membranes. Six members of the hyaluronidase family are clustered into two tightly linked groups on chromosome 3p21.3 and 7q31.3. This gene was previously referred to as HYAL1 and HYA1 and has since been assigned the official symbol SPAM1; another family member on chromosome 3p21.3 has been assigned HYAL1. This gene encodes a GPI-anchored enzyme located on the human sperm surface and inner acrosomal membrane. This multifunctional protein is a hyaluronidase that enables sperm to penetrate through the hyaluronic acid-rich cumulus cell layer surrounding the oocyte, a receptor that plays a role in hyaluronic acid induced cell signaling, and a receptor that is involved in sperm-zona pellucida adhesion. Abnormal expression of this gene in tumors has implicated this protein in degradation of basement membranes leading to tumor invasion and metastasis. Multiple protein isoforms are encoded by transcript variants of this gene. [provided by RefSeq]

Bioinformatics

Entrez	6677 Human
Uniprot	NM_003117 Human NP_003108 Human NP_694859.1 Human P38567 Human
Product By Gene ID	6677
Alternate Names	EC 3.2.1.35 HYA1 HYAL1 HYAL3 HYAL5 Hyal-PH20 hyal-PH20 hyaluronidase PH-20 Hyaluronoglucosaminidase PH-20 MGC26532 PH20 PH-20 SPAG15 sperm adhesion molecule 1 (PH-20 hyaluronidase, zona pellucida binding) Sperm adhesion molecule 1 Sperm surface protein PH-20

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