cAMP‐dependent protein kinase in sea urchin embryos
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Gamete Research
- Vol. 4 (5) , 395-406
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1120040505
Abstract
CAMP‐dependent protein kinase in the supernatant fraction of the homogenate of sea urchin eggs and embryos obtained by centrifugation at 105,000g was investigated in the present study. In the previous report, the dissociation constant between cAMP‐binding proteins and cAMP changed during the development. This suggests that the nature of cAMP‐dependent protein kinase, which has been well established to be the major cAMP receptor, changes during the development. In the present study, four protein kinases were separated through DEAE‐cellulose column from the supernatant of unfertilized egg homogenate. One of them was cAMP‐dependent protein kinase. The others were cAMP‐independent ones. One among them was phosvitin kinase, and the others were not identified at present. The activity of cAMP‐dependent protein kinase gradually increased during a period from fertilization to the swimming blastula stage. During this period, cleavages occurred at a high rate, and the rate decreased after hatching out. Thus, it is supposed that cAMP‐dependent protein kinase in the supernatant may take a part in the mechanism of cleavage. The activity, however, became very low at the mesenchyme blastula, the gastrula, and the pluteus stages. cAMP‐binding capacity was observed in the sedimentable fraction and the supernatant fraction, respectively, obtained by 105,000g centrifugation at all stages examined. If the structure‐bound cAMP‐binding protein is also cAMP‐dependent protein kinase, it may play different roles in the mechanism of development.Keywords
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