The Protein Tyrosine Kinases of the Sea Urchin Anthocidaris crassispina
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by Zoological Society of Japan in Zoological Science
- Vol. 14 (6), 941-946
- https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.14.941
Abstract
In order to know the function of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) in the development of sea urchin embryos, we performed reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to obtain partial cDNA fragments for PTK genes using primers to highly conserved regions of the PTK family. A total of seven PTK sequences were identified, two of which represented receptor PTK (RTK1 and RTK2), and five of which were non-receptor PTKs (NRTK1-5). RTK1 was highly similar to FGF receptor and Ret kinase, while RTK2 showed features of the insulin receptor family. NRTK1 and 2 belonged to the Src family and could be involved in egg activation at fertilization. NRTK3 showed the features of the Btk family kinases, while NRTK4 seemed to be a member of the Syk/ZAP70 family. NRTK5 is the Csk-type kinase of the sea urchin, which is known to negatively regulate the Src family kinases. RTK1 was not detected in unfertilized eggs and was activated after blastula stage. All the other PTK genes were expressed both maternally in unfertilized eggs and zygotically after fertilization, though each gene showed distinct temporal patterns.Keywords
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