Fig. 1.
The S-sulfhydrated proteome of human sperm. (A) Detection of S-sulfhydrated proteins in human and mouse sperm. The lysates were prepared from pooled samples of human sperm (from ten fertile men) and mouse sperm (from three male mice), next subjected to the modified biotin-switch assay. The numerous sulfhydrated proteins were detected with anti-biotin antibody (left) or with silver staining (right). (B) LC-MS/MS of a subset of the S-sulfhydrated proteins in (A) identifies top notable S-sulfhydrated proteins, including GAPDH, GSTM3, and H3. (C) Biological processes enriched in the S-sulfhydrated proteins of human sperm. (D) Vann diagram depicting the relationship of sulfhydrated proteins and ROS-associated proteins of human sperm.