Protein
Thioredoxin domain-containing protein 3
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Probably required during the final stages of sperm tail maturation in the testis and/or epididymis, where extensive disulfide bonding of fibrous sheath (FS) proteins occurs. May be involved in the reduction of disulfide bonds within the sperm FS components. In vitro, it has neither NDP kinase nor reducing activity on disulfide bonds (By similarity).
Similarity
In the C-terminal section; belongs to the NDK family.
Sequence
MASKKREVQLQSVVNSQNLWDEMLLNKGLTVIDVYQAWCGPCKAVQALFRKLKNELNEDELLHFVVAEADSIVTLQPFRDKCEPVFLFSLNGKIIAKIQGANAPLINRKVIALIDEEKKIAAGEMARPQYVEIPLVDSLDEEYGEVHYESNVEVYNMAVINPDAVLMRKNLEIKEKITKEGFIIEIQENMLLPEEVAREFYNHMIDEPDFEEFVYSMTNRLSCVLIISQGEDTEVIEEEALPQSDDEEEPDPLEEPHVRFAPMLVKKKRDSLQEYMDRQHMSDYCHVEDDAVKVSKFIDILFPDFKTMKSTNVQRTLGLLYPEVCEEEKDNVLDIIQNEGFTILMQRQVVLSEEEARAVCHVHEDEDYFDNLIGYMCSNNSYILVLMREHSVERWKELIGPKTVEEAYASHPDSLCVRFASGNFPVNQFYGSSSKAAAETEIEHFFPPQSTLALIKPHVSHKERMEILKAIRDARFELTQMKEMHLTPEHASKVYFKITGKDFYKNVLDVLSSGMSVVMILTKWNAVGEWRRMMGPVDPEEAKLLSPNSLRARYGIDVLRNAVHGASNMSEAATAISNVFTESNFEN