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to versatile protein functions in spermatogenesis, and the variations they generate usually results in abnormal spermatogenesis or sperm dysfunction. The sex-reversal phenomenon exists in Chinese tongue sole under certain conditions such that individuals with a ZW genotype can acquire a male phenotype and are thus called pseudomales. Pseudomale tongue sole can reach sexual maturity but produce only Z-type sperm, and the Z sperm carries paternal epigenetic information. Whether phosphorylation plays a role in the sperm abnormality of pseudomales is unknown. In this study, a phosphoproteomic analysis was performed to compare protein phosphorylation profiles between pseudomale and male testes. Altogether, we identified 14,253 phosphopeptides matching with 4843 proteins, with 1329 differentially phosphorylated peptides corresponding to 1045 differentially phosphorylated proteins (DPPs). Phosphorylation at 781 sites was upregulated and at 548 sites was downregulated. Four motifs were identified among differentially phosphorylated peptides, which were \u201cSP\u201d, \u201cSD\u201d, \u201cRxxS\u201d, and \u201cTP\u201d. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses suggested that the cell cycle and DNA\/RNA processing were significantly enriched with the genes encoding DPPs. To analyze DPP function in depth, a protein-protein interaction network was constructed, and Ran-binding protein 2 was found to play a central role in spermatogenesis by regulating several processes such as the cell cycle, eukaryotic translation, ubiquitination, and minichromosome maintenance. In kinase-associated network analyses, two \u201cmitogen-activated protein kinase (Mapk)-centered\u201d clusters were identified that may account for abnormal spermatogenesis in pseudomales. One cluster was centered on Mapk6, which predominantly regulated the cell cycle by interacting with several cyclin-dependent kinases, and the other was centered on the \u201ctestis-expressed kinase 1-like (Tesk1l)\/Pim1l-Mapk4l- testis-expressed 14 (Tex14)\u201d kinase cascade, which might contribute to spermatogenesis by regulating \u03b2-catenin. 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