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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
Yolk granules isolated from unfertilized and fertilized eggs of the sea urchins, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus and Anthocidaris crassispina, were incubated in acidic media, and the protein components were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. By the incubation, a protein (molecular weight 180,000 in H. pulcherrimus and 178,000 in A. crassispina) most abundant in unfertilized eggs decreased, while proteins (molecular weight 61,000, 72,000, 94,000, 114,000 in H. pulcherrimus and 56,000, 70,000, 92,000, 112,000 in A. crassispina) dominant in developed embryos increased. Neither alkaline nor neutral condition resulted in such changes in the electrophoretic patterns of proteins as observed in acidic media. Experiments with various inhibitors of proteases suggested that thiol protease(s), such as cathepsin B, may be the most important enzyme(s) in the degradation of yolk proteins in embryogenesis of the sea urchin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0045-6039
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Degradation of yolk proteins in sea urchin eggs and embryos.
pubmed:affiliation
Biological Laboratory, Aichi Prefectural University, Nagoya, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article