Formation of mature egg envelope subunit proteins from their precursors (Choriogenins) in the fish, Oryzias latipes: Loss of partial C-terminal sequences of the choriogenins

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-475

  Sugiyama, Hitoshi ^a,b   Murata, Kenji ^a,d   Iuchi, Ichiro ^a   Nomura, Kohji ^c   Yamagami, Kenjiro ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choriogenin; Fish egg envelope; Limited cleavage; Medaka (teleost fish); Molecular architecture

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LIVER PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FISH; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0032910584     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022310     Document Type: Article

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