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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
During the developmental cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum cyclic AMP functions as both a chemotactic signal for aggregation and a regulatory molecule during later events of differentiation. Morphological and biochemical data suggest that cAMP may direct cells during morphogenesis and differentiation. We utilized microtechniques to determine the stage- and cell-specific levels of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase, the probable intracellular cAMP receptor. Kinase activity was low and non-cAMP-dependent in amoebae and early aggregates but increased and became cAMP-dependent in aggregates after the formation of tight cell contacts. Maximum kinase activity and cAMP dependency occurred during the slug and culmination stages. The only differential distribution of the kinase within a single stage occurred during culmination when the activity in the stalks was approximately one-fourth of that in the prespore mass. Preliminary evidence indicates that this difference is not due to an inhibitor. In all other stages tested cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity was equal in prespore and prestalk cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Distribution of cAMP-dependent protein kinase during development in Dictyostelium discoideum.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't