The role of the trace element selenium in maintaining male fertility is reviewed with special emphasis on the importance of selenoprotein P and GPx4 in spermiogenesis...
Keywords: male fertility, moonlighting protein, phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (GPx4), selenium, selenoproteins, spermatogenesis
01/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de GruyterThe redox enzyme phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx) has emerged as one of the most significant selenoenzymes in mammals, corroborated by early embryonic lethality of PHGPx null mice...
Keywords: glutathione peroxidase 4, lipid peroxidation, selenoprotein, spermatogenesis, thiol peroxidase
01/2007 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter