We previously identified a 66 kDa axonemal protein (Ci-Axp66.0) in sperm of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, Here we found that Ci-Axp66.0 shows sequence similarity to the DC2 subunit of the Chlamydomonas outer arm docking complex. Analysis of secondary structure of Ci-Axp66.0 suggested that the N-terminal two-thirds of the molecule is rich in coiled coil structure, as in Chlamydomonas DC2. Immunogold localization revealed that it is located in the vicinity of outer arm dynein. Ci-Axp66.0 was partly extracted from the axonemes by a high salt solution and co-purified with outer arm dynein. This co-purification was not affected by the absence of Mg2 in isolation buffer, indicating that Ci-Axp66.0 is associated with outer arm dynein. These results suggest that Ci-Axp66.0 is a component of the outer arm dynein docking complex in the axonemes of Ciona sperm.
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1 August 2006
Association of a 66 kDa Homolog of Chlamydomonas DC2, a Subunit of the Outer Arm Docking Complex, with Outer Arm Dynein of Sperm Flagella in the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis
Yuji Ushimaru,
Aru Konno,
Maiko Kaizu,
Kazuo Ogawa,
Nori Satoh,
Kazuo Inaba
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Ascidian
axoneme
dynein
flagella
sperm motility