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Teratozoospermia has been most often linked with genetic abnormalities with close to 100 genes known.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The primary objective of this study was to investigate the genetic basis of oligoasthenoteratozoospermic infertility in an infertile man.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We performed the whole exome sequencing, followed by <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic> filtration of observed genetic variations. Filtered rare variants were assessed for their pathogenic nature on the basis of scores assigned by various in-silico tools and their biological relevance to sperm structural development. The potential pathogenic mutation was validated by Sanger sequencing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study identified a homozygous substitution, c.4511A\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009G, in the <jats:italic>SPAG17<\/jats:italic> gene as a potential pathogenic mutation associated with oligoasthenoteratozoospermic infertility in the case under investigation. The mutation resulted in the substitution of asparagine with serine at the 1504<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> amino acid position in a protein of 2,223 amino acids. This mutation shows a minor allele frequency of 0.0004671 in the gnomAD database. ACMG classification suggested this mutation to be likely pathogenic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study identified a homozygous likely pathogenic mutation (c.4511A\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009G, Asn1504Ser) in the <jats:italic>SPAG17<\/jats:italic> gene that explains oligoasthenoteratozoospermic infertility in the present case.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/frph.2025.1554027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,22]],"date-time":"2025-04-22T05:25:16Z","timestamp":1745299516000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Case Report: A homozygous mutation in the SPAG17 gene in a case with oligoasthenoteratozoospermic 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