title: Characterization of an intracellular receptor for activated protein kinase C (RACK) from the mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata, the intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni.
abstract: A receptor for activated protein kinase C (RACK) was characterized from the mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata, the intermediate host for the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. This protein was shown to possess structural and functional characteristics of other RACK proteins from various cells and organisms. Its ability to bind mammalian PKCs also confirmed the conservation of PKC and RACK interactive domains throughout evolution. Results of immunolocalization indicated the presence of Bg RACK in the cytoplasm of mollusc hemocytes and B. glabrata embryonic (Bge) cells with a more intense staining around the nucleus. These results are in agreement with the association of RACK proteins with cytoskeletal elements.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 167, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lardans
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dissous
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000378:metabolism*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011493:Protein Kinase C