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褐藻類の鞭毛に局在する新規フラビンタンパク質の機能解析

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17657018
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 植物生理・分子
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

村上 明男  Kobe University, 内海域環境教育研究センター, 准教授 (50304134)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Keywords藻類 / 生体分子 / 酵素 / 生理活性 / 光受容体 / フラビン / 鞭毛運動 / 鞭毛タンパク質 / 鞭毛
Research Abstract

本研究は、褐藻類の生殖細胞(遊泳細胞)が有する走光性反応や走化性反応について、そのシグナル受容・変換系を鞭毛構成タンパク質の構造と鞭毛運動の調節機構の観点から解明することを目的とした。これまでの研究において、褐藻カヤモノリ遊泳細胞がもつ2本の異型鞭毛のうち遊泳運動の舵取り機能をもつと推測されている後鞭毛に局在する41kDフラビンタンパク質を精製し、その一次構造と補欠分子(FMN)を同定した。本タンパク質の構造は酵母で発見され機能未知のOLD YELLOW ENZYMEとの類似性を示した。もう一方の推進力を発生するといわれている前鞭毛については、鞭毛軸糸に多数付着する小毛(マスチゴネマ)を構成するタンパク質の同定に成功した。見かけの分子量115kDのタンパク質は珪藻の有性生殖誘導時に特異的に発現する遺伝子と相同であることが判明した。さらに免疫電子顕微鏡観察からこのタンパク質は3部構成のマスチゴネマの中心となるシャフトを構成することを明らかにした。また、マスチゴネマのベース部や先端部を構成する類似タンパク質の候補も見出した。
これらの成果を踏まえ、遊泳細胞の鞭毛の動きとその制御機構を解析するため高速度ビデオ画像による解析を行った。その結果、刺激光に応答して後鞭毛の動きが迅速に変化する様子が明らかになり、また前鞭毛もこれまで考えられていたこととは異なり、細胞運動の推進力を発生するばかりでは無く遊泳方向などの調節にも大きく関与する可能性が示唆された。
これらの解析結果は、走光性や走化性も含めた鞭毛運動とその制御の仕組みの全貌を明らかにするための重要な情報を与え、今後の研究の展開に大きな基礎を築いたと言える。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2008 2007 2006 2005 Other

All Journal Article (14 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Effect of photosynthetic light dosage on carbon isotope composition in the coral skeleton: Long-term culture of Porites spp.2008

    • Author(s)
      Omata, Tamano
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research(JGR)-Biogeosciences (印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Whole cell immunocytochemical detection of nitrogenase in cyanobacteria: Improved protocol for highly fluorescent cells.2008

    • Author(s)
      Taniuchi, Yukiko
    • Journal Title

      Applied Environmental Microbiology (印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Abundance of picophytoplankton in the halocline of meromictic lake, Lake Suigetsu, Japan.2007

    • Author(s)
      Okada, Mari
    • Journal Title

      Limnology 8

      Pages: 271-280

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Endogenous green fluorescent protein(GFP)in amphioxus2007

    • Author(s)
      Deheyn, D. D.
    • Journal Title

      The Biological Bulletin 213

      Pages: 95-100

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Homologs of sexually induced gene 1(sig1)product constitute the stramenopile mastigonemes2007

    • Author(s)
      Honda, Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Protist 158

      Pages: 77-88

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Fluorescence properties of the chlorophyll d-dominating cyanobacterium Acaryochloris sp. strain Awaji.2007

    • Author(s)
      Akimoto, Seiji
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology: A Chemistry 178

      Pages: 122-129

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Homologs of the Sexually Induced Gene 1 (sig1) Product constitute the Stramenopile Mastigonemes2007

    • Author(s)
      Honda, Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Protist 158

      Pages: 77-88

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Fluorescence properties of the chlorophyll d-dominating cyanobacterium Acaryochloris sp. strain Awaji.2006

    • Author(s)
      Akimoto, Seiji
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology : A Chemistry 178

      Pages: 122-129

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Molecular detection of epiphytic Acaryochloris spp. on marine macroalgae2006

    • Author(s)
      Ohkubo, Satoshi
    • Journal Title

      Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72

      Pages: 7912-7915

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Biochemical phenotypes corresponding to molecular phylogeny of the red algae Plocamium (Plocamiales, Rhodophyta)2006

    • Author(s)
      Yano, Tomomi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Phycology 42

      Pages: 155-169

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Photocycle features of heterologusly expressed and refolded flavin-binding BLUF domains of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC), a blue-light receptor in Euglena gracilis.2005

    • Author(s)
      Ito Shinji
    • Journal Title

      Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 4巻

      Pages: 762-769

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Identification and characterization of a fluorescent flagellar protein of brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria : flavoprotein homologous to Old Yellow Enzyme.2005

    • Author(s)
      Fuiita Satoshi
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Phycology 40巻

      Pages: 159-167

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Seasonal stability of sulfuric acid accumulation in the Dictyotales (Phaeophyceae).2005

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Phycological Research 53巻

      Pages: 134-137

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Inorganic ion compositions in the Ulvophyceae and the Rhodophyceae, with special reference to sulfuric acid ion accumulations.2005

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Phycological Research 53巻

      Pages: 85-92

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Microspectrophotometric characterization of cyaobacteria from the didemnid ascidian in coral reefs of Rhykyus2007

    • Author(s)
      Murakami, Akio
    • Organizer
      21st Pacific Science Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      沖縄
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Flavins : Photochemistry and Photobiology (Photoactivated adenylyl cuclase (PAC), the photoreceptor flavoprotein with intrinsic effector function mediating euglenoid photomovements)2006

    • Author(s)
      Iseki, Mineo
    • Publisher
      The Royal Society of Chemistry (Cambridge, UK)
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://bsj.or.jp/topics/02/

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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