title: Fertilization-induced activation of phospholipase C in the sea urchin egg.
abstract: Fertilization results in the biphasic activation of polyphosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) activity with an initial increase in activity coincident with the sperm-induced calcium transient, followed by a more sustained increase prior to mitosis. Immunoprecipitation studies demonstrated that the gamma isoform of PLC is present in both the unfertilized and the fertilized egg and contributes to the initial phase of PLC activation. Fertilization also resulted in translocation of a significant fraction of PLC-gamma from the cytosol to the membrane compartment of the egg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Rongish
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kinsey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D010063:Ovum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000201:enzymology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D002118:Calcium