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Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii

In the protozoan ciliate Euplotes, a transduction pathway resulting in a mitogenic cell growth response is activated by autocrine receptor binding of cell type-specific, water-borne signaling protein pheromones. In Euplotes raikovi, a marine species of temperate waters, this transduction pathway was...

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Autores principales: Candelori, Annalisa, Luporini, Pierangelo, Alimenti, Claudio, Vallesi, Adriana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3645696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23552830
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14047457
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author Candelori, Annalisa
Luporini, Pierangelo
Alimenti, Claudio
Vallesi, Adriana
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Luporini, Pierangelo
Alimenti, Claudio
Vallesi, Adriana
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description In the protozoan ciliate Euplotes, a transduction pathway resulting in a mitogenic cell growth response is activated by autocrine receptor binding of cell type-specific, water-borne signaling protein pheromones. In Euplotes raikovi, a marine species of temperate waters, this transduction pathway was previously shown to involve the phosphorylation of a nuclear protein kinase structurally similar to the intestinal-cell and male germ cell-associated kinases described in mammals. In E. nobilii, which is phylogenetically closely related to E. raikovi but inhabits Antarctic and Arctic waters, we have now characterized a gene encoding a structurally homologous kinase. The expression of this gene requires +1 translational frameshifting and a process of intron splicing for the production of the active protein, designated En-MAPK1, which contains amino acid substitutions of potential significance for cold-adaptation.
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spelling pubmed-36456962013-05-13 Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii Candelori, Annalisa Luporini, Pierangelo Alimenti, Claudio Vallesi, Adriana Int J Mol Sci Article In the protozoan ciliate Euplotes, a transduction pathway resulting in a mitogenic cell growth response is activated by autocrine receptor binding of cell type-specific, water-borne signaling protein pheromones. In Euplotes raikovi, a marine species of temperate waters, this transduction pathway was previously shown to involve the phosphorylation of a nuclear protein kinase structurally similar to the intestinal-cell and male germ cell-associated kinases described in mammals. In E. nobilii, which is phylogenetically closely related to E. raikovi but inhabits Antarctic and Arctic waters, we have now characterized a gene encoding a structurally homologous kinase. The expression of this gene requires +1 translational frameshifting and a process of intron splicing for the production of the active protein, designated En-MAPK1, which contains amino acid substitutions of potential significance for cold-adaptation. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2013-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3645696/ /pubmed/23552830 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14047457 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Candelori, Annalisa
Luporini, Pierangelo
Alimenti, Claudio
Vallesi, Adriana
Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii
title Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii
title_full Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii
title_fullStr Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii
title_full_unstemmed Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii
title_short Characterization and Expression of the Gene Encoding En-MAPK1, an Intestinal Cell Kinase (ICK)-like Kinase Activated by the Autocrine Pheromone-Signaling Loop in the Polar Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii
title_sort characterization and expression of the gene encoding en-mapk1, an intestinal cell kinase (ick)-like kinase activated by the autocrine pheromone-signaling loop in the polar ciliate, euplotes nobilii
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3645696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23552830
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14047457
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