title: Oscillation of ADP-ribosyl cyclase activity during the cell cycle and function of cyclic ADP-ribose in a unicellular organism, Euglena gracilis.
abstract: In Euglena gracilis, the activity of ADP-ribosyl cyclase, which produces cyclic ADP-ribose, oscillated during the cell cycle in a synchronous culture induced by a light-dark cycle, and a marked increase in the activity was observed in the G2 phase. Similarly, the ADP-ribosyl cyclase activity rose extremely immediately before cell division started, when synchronous cell division was induced by adding cobalamin (which is an essential growth factor and participates in DNA synthesis in this organism) to its deficient culture. Further, cADPR in these cells showed a maximum level immediately before cell division started. A dose-dependent Ca2+ release was observed when microsomes were incubated with cADPR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inageda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishina
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyatake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D036541:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase; D051997:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002453:Cell Cycle; D036563:Cyclic ADP-Ribose; D005056:Euglena gracilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D036563:Cyclic ADP-Ribose; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D036541:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase; D051997:ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1; D002118:Calcium