title: Molecular characterization of a novel nucleolar protein in starfish oocytes which is phosphorylated before and during oocyte maturation.
abstract: In response to 1-methyladenine, a maturation-inducing substance, starfish oocytes undergo reinitiation of meiosis with germinal vesicle breakdown through activation of p34cdc2-cyclin B, which results in the dispersal of the nucleolus. Little information has been elucidated thus far on nucleolar proteins that are phosphorylated by p34cdc2-cyclin B during meiotic maturation. Here, we describe a novel nucleolar protein of the starfish Asterina pectinifera oocyte, which is designated ANO39 and which is phosphorylated during meiotic maturation. A full-length ANO39 cDNA of 2106 base pairs encodes a polypeptide of 346 amino acids having a calculated Mr of 39 005. The amount of ANO39 is kept nearly constant during oocyte maturation and embryogenesis up to the midgastrula stage. The transcript encoding ANO39 was present in growing oocytes but not in full-grown ones, as evidenced by Northern blot hybridization. Ser145 is specifically phosphorylated when ANO39 is incubated in vitro with purified starfish p34cdc2-cyclin B. This phosphorylation site corresponds to that is phosphorylated during meiotic maturation in vivo. Immunoblot analysis using phosphoserine145-specific antibody as a probe revealed that some populations of ANO39 of the immature oocytes at the G2 stage have been already phosphorylated on Ser145 and Ser145 is maximally phosphorylated during meiotic maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matoba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hongo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiritaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamatsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikegami
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D005260:Female; D016195:G2 Phase; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D013215:Starfish / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions
chemical_list: C404702:ANO39 protein, Asterina pectinifera; D019926:Cyclin B; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012694:Serine; C008407:1-methyladenine; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D000225:Adenine