10334 IUPAC Gold Book - acrosome reaction 10.1351/goldbook.10334 10334 current 1 Process that occurs in the acrosome of the sperm as it contacts the egg, leading to structural changes that facilitate fusion. acrosome https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10333 egg https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10640 sperm https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11243 PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 716 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10334/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10334/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10334/plain Citation: 'acrosome reaction' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10334 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-08-09T16:02:43+00:00