Yolk granules are the major compartment for bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) oocyte-specific ribonuclease
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Yolk granules are the major compartment for bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) oocyte-specific ribonuclease
Abstract
Rana catesbeiana ribonuclease (RC-RNase) is a pyrimidine guanine sequence-specific ribonuclease found only in R. catesbeiana (bullfrog) oocytes, not in other organs. An immunohistochemical assay showed that RC-RNase was present in the regular yolk granules, but not in forming yolk granules, yolk platelets, pigment granules, mitochondria clouds or the nucleus. The RC-RNase was restricted to the lateral amorphous area of the yolk granules, and was absent from the central area that has a vitellogenin crystal lattice. The RC-RNase was extracted from yolk granules by 0.5 M NaCl and purified by dialysis and affinity chromatography. Most of the RC-RNase (94%) was found in the yolk granules, the rest RC-RNase (6%) was found in the cytosol in the form of free RNase and latent RNase. The RC-RNase extracted from yolk granules was further analyzed by immunoprecipitation and RNase activity assay on an SDS/polyacrylamide gel. Our results suggest that the RC-RNase activity is regulated by both compartmentation and inhibitor binding.
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