The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri: purification, chemical characterization and identification of its gene
AUTOR(ES)
Tschochner, H.
RESUMO
The sexual inducer of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis is a glycoprotein and one of the most potent biological effector molecules known. It is synthesized by sperm cells and converts asexually growing males and females to the sexual pathway. Until now, large-scale production of the inducer was made impossible by an inherent biological `switch' mechanism, the spontaneous self-induction of asexually growing males. Here we describe a method overcoming this problem for the first time. Large-scale production and purification allowed a detailed chemical characterization of the inducer with respect to partial amino acid sequences and sugar composition. Chemically synthesized oligodeoxynucleotides corresponding to derived amino acid sequences were used to screen a genomic gene bank of V. carteri HK 10. A positive clone (Ind-28) was shown to encode the inducer gene by subcloning and sequencing.
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