Preliminary characterization of the acrasin of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium violaceum

Some species of cellular slime mold do not respond to cyclic AMP as an acrasin, or chemoattractant. In one such species, Polysphondylium violaceum, we have isolated and purified its acrasin and determined some of its chemical properties, which lead us to believe it is a small molecule of less than 1500 daltons. One possibility is that it might be a peptide. The acrasin specifically attracts the amoebae of P. violaceum and P. pallidum and fails to do so for six species of Dictyostelium tested. We also have evidence for a specific acrasinase that inactivates the Polysphondylium acrasin.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1976

Erschienen:

1976

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 73(1976), 3 vom: 20. März, Seite 795-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wurster, B [VerfasserIn]
Pan, P [VerfasserIn]
Tyan, G G [VerfasserIn]
Bonner, J T [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Amines
EC 3.4.-
Journal Article
Peptide Hydrolases
Peptides
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 02.06.1976

Date Revised 01.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM000043818