This family consists of several mammalian protein kinase A anchoring protein 3 (PRKA3) or A-kinase anchor protein 110 kDa (AKAP 110) sequences. Agents that increase intracellular cAMP are potent stimulators of sperm motility. Anchoring inhibitor peptides, designed to disrupt the interaction of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) with A kinase-anchoring proteins (AKAPs), are potent inhibitors of sperm motility. PKA anchoring is a key biochemical mechanism controlling motility. AKAP110 shares compartments with both RI and RII isoforms of PKA and may function as a regulator of both motility- and head-associated functions such as capacitation and the acrosome reaction [1].

1: Isolation and molecular characterization of AKAP110, a novel, sperm-specific protein kinase A-anchoring protein. Vijayaraghavan S, Liberty GA, Mohan J, Winfrey VP, Olson GE, Carr DW; Mol Endocrinol 1999;13:705-717. PMID:10319321