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- The acrosome is an organelle that develops over the anterior (front) half of the head in the ****tozoa (sperm cells) of humans and many other animals...
- process known as the acrosome reaction, which is the reaction that occurs in the acrosome of the sperm as it approaches the egg. The acrosome is a membrane-bound...
- ****tozoon approaches the egg, it undergoes the acrosome reaction in which the membrane surrounding the acrosome fuses with the plasma membrane of the sperm's...
- sperm must undergo the final maturation step, activation, involving the acrosome reaction. Non-mammalian ****tozoa do not require this capacitation step...
- co****tion shortly after ovulation. Upon encountering the secondary oocyte, the acrosome of the sperm produces enzymes which allow it to burrow through the outer...
- the ZP3 and is important for binding with the sperm and activating the acrosome reaction. ZP3 is sufficient though unnecessary for sperm/egg binding. Two...
- one end, where the Golgi apparatus creates enzymes that will become the acrosome. At the other end, it develops a thickened midpiece, where the mitochondria...
- species-specific fertilization; to prevent polyspermy, and enable the acrosome reaction for the successful adhesion and penetration by the sperm cell...
- which encloses the ovum. Hyperactivation could then be followed by the acrosome reaction where the cap-like structure on the head of the cell releases...
- fertilization to occur, sperm cells rely on hyaluronidase (an enzyme found in the acrosome of ****tozoa) to dis**** the corona radiata from the zona pellucida...