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  • Title: Changing pattern of cyclic AMP-binding proteins during germination of Mucor racemosus sporangiospores.
    Author: Orlowski M.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1979 Aug 15; 182(2):547-54. PubMed ID: 228658.
    Abstract:
    Interation of cyclic AMP with a profoundly changing pattern of specific binding proteins was shown during aerobic germination of sporangiospores from the fungus Mucor racemosus. 32P-labeled 8-azido-cycli AMP, an analogue of cyclic AMP that forms a covalent linkage with the binding proteins under u.v. light, was used as the ligand. Binding proteins carrying this photoaffinity label were separated by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and identified by radioautography. Equibiltrium dissociation constants (Kd) and binding-response curves in the presence of competing nucleotides were identical for both 8-azido-cyclic [32P]AMP and cyclic [3H]AMP. A quantitative binding assay with both 8-azido-cyclic [32P]AMP and cyclic [3H]AMP over the time course of sporangiospore germination indicated a parallel relationship between cyclic AMP-binding capacity and the intracellular concentrations of cyclic AMP reported in a previous study [Paznokas & Sypherd (1975) J. Bacteriol. 124, 134--139]. Both of these parameters attained transient high values at a time of development when addition of exogenous cyclic AMP prevents hyphal-germ-tube emergence. The measured Kd values did not change during sport germination.
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