Sexual pheromone induces diffusion of the pheromone-homologous polypeptide in the extracellular matrix of Volvox carteri.
The C-terminal domain of pherophorin II is homologous to the sexual pheromone of Volvox carteri and is released from other domains during sexual induction. Green fluorescent protein fused to the C terminus of pherophorin II was located at the extracellular matrix directly surrounding the gonidium, the final target of the sexual-induction signal.
Ishida
Koichi
K
Lehrstuhl Biochemie I, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany. koichi-ishida@riken.jp
D020418:Algal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004058:Diffusion; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D044446:Volvox / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
D020418:Algal Proteins; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012724:Sex Attractants; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins