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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-26
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
KIFC1 is essential for acrosome biogenesis and nuclear reshaping during the spermiogenesis of mammals. To explore its functions during the same process in the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis, we have cloned and sequenced the cDNA of a mammalian KIFC1 homologue (termed es-KIFC1) from the total RNA of the testis. The 2340bp es-KIFC1 cDNA contained a 102bp 5' untranslated region, a 117bp 3' untranslated region and a 2121bp open reading frame. The putative es-KIFC1 protein owns the divergent tail domain, stalk domain and conserved carboxyl motor domain. Protein alignment demonstrated that es-KIFC1 had 36.9%, 37.3%, 36.6%, 37.6%, and 37.5% identity with its homologues in chicken, human, mouse, zebrafish and African clawed frog, respectively. The phylogenetic tree revealed that es-KIFC1 is more related to vertebrate KIFC1 than invertebrate (NCD). Tissue expression analysis showed the presence of es-KIFC1 in the testis, hepatopancreas, gill, muscle and heart. In situ hybridization showed that the es-KIFC1 mRNA was localized in the proacrosomal vesicle and the periphery of the nuclear membrane in early and middle spermatids. In late spermatids and spermatozoa, es-KIFC1 was expressed in the acrosomal tubule and the band between the acrosome and the nucleus. Therefore, es-KIFC1 probably performs critical functions in the spermiogenesis of E.sinensis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1531-4332
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
157
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Brachyura, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-China, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Spermatogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-Testis, pubmed-meshheading:20554056-beta Karyopherins
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning and characterization of KIFC1-like kinesin gene (es-KIFC1) in the testis of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis.
pubmed:affiliation
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't