title: Characterization of O-GlcNAcylation in starfish (Asterina pectinifera) development from fertilization to bipinnaria larva.
abstract: Though O-linked β-N-acetylglucosaminylation (O-GlcNAcylation) of nucleocytoplasmic proteins has been found in many multicellular organisms, its presence or absence in Echinodermata is unknown. Here we report the occurrence of O-GlcNAcylation in starfish (Asterina pectinifera) oocytes and the apparent O-GlcNAcylation pattern in starfish early development. O-GlcNAcylation might participate in the regulation of starfish development at the mid-blastula stage and thereafter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Tatsuhiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: Koichi H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Akitsugu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamemura
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000215:Acylation; D000818:Animals; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005306:Fertilization; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D013215:Starfish / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000117:Acetylglucosamine