ac·ro·sin ( k r -s n)n. A proteinase that is contained in spermatozoa. |
acrosin
one of the enzymes in the acrosome on the head of a mammalian spermatozoon. Involved in the penetration of the zona pellucida of the ovum by the spermatozoon.
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