Fibroin-like substance is a major component of the outer layer of fertilization envelope via which carp egg adheres to the substratum

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 397-406

  Chang, Yea Sha ^a,b   Huang, Fore Lien ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carp; Cathepsin like substance; Cortical reaction; Cystatin; Egg adhesion; Fertilization envelope; Fibroin like substance; Transglutaminase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CADAVERINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTATIN; DIPEPTIDE; DNA; EDETIC ACID; FIBROIN; GLUTAMINASE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CARP; CONJUGATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SILKWORM; TANDEM REPEAT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; FOCAL ADHESION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CARPS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; FIBROIN; FOCAL ADHESIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; ANIMALS; FIBROINS;

BOMBYX MORI; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0036015203     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10125     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Hierarchies of protein cross-links in the extracellular matrix: Involvement of an egg surface transglutaminase in early stages of fertilization envelope assembly
2. Sequence of abductin, the molluscan 'rubber' protein
3. Effects of inhibiting transglutaminase during egg fertilization and development
4. Primary structures of carp gonadotropin subunits deduced from cDNA nucleotide sequences
5. Molecular cloning, structural analysis, and expression of carp ZP3 gene
6. Molecular cloning, structural analysis, and expression of carp ZP2 gene
7. Identification of cystatin as a component of carp chorion
8. Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of an outer layer protein of carp fertilization envelope
9. In search of molecular dovetails in mussel byssus: From the threads to the stem
10. Silk properties determined by gland-specific expression of a spider fibroin gene family
11. Ovoperoxidase activity in ionophore treated mouse eggs. I. Electron microscopic localization
12. Purification and partial characterization of 76 kDa transglutaminase in the egg envelope (chorion) of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
13. Enzyme responsible for egg envelope (chorion) hardening in fish: Purification and partial characterization of two transglutaminases associated with their substrate, unfertilized egg chorion, of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
14. Hardening of sea urchin fertilization envelope by peroxidase-catalyzed phenolic coupling of tyrosine
15. Isolation of a clone encoding a second dragline silk fibroin
16. Change in component proteins of the egg envelope (chorion) of rainbow trout during hardening
17. Analysis of chorion hardening of eggs of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
18. Ultrastructure and ultracytochemistry of fertilization envelope formation in carp egg
19. Bactericidal action of fertilization envelope extract from eggs of the fish Cyprinus carpio and Plecoglossus altivelis
20. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4
21. Isolation and characterization of ovochymase, a chymotrypsin-like protease released during Xenopus laevis egg activation
22. Specific codon usage pattern and its implications on the secondary structure of silk fibroin mRNA
23. Characterization of a protease that cleaves zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP2 following activation of mouse egg
24. Identification of prokaryotic and eukaryotic signal peptides and prediction of their cleavage sites
25. Sea urchin ovoperoxidase: Solubilization and isolation from the fertilization envelope, some structural and functional properties, and degradation by hatching enzyme
26. The major structural proteins of cod (Cadus morhua) eggshells and crosslinking during teleost egg hardening
27. Tough tendons: Mussel byssus has collagen with silk-like domains
28. Biochemical and morphological changes in the chorion of the carp (Cyprinus carpio) oocyte, following the cortical reaction
29. Ovoperoxidase activity in ionophore treated mouse eggs. II. Evidence for the enzyme's role in hardening the zona pellucida
30. Measurement of protein by using bicinchoninic acid
31. Protease released from sea urchin eggs at fertilization alters the vitelline layer and aids in preventing polyspermy
32. Structure of a protein superfiber: Spider dragline silk