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. 1992 Sep 15;286(Pt 3):843–849. doi: 10.1042/bj2860843

A cortical phosphoprotein ('PP63') sensitive to exocytosis triggering in Paramecium cells. Immunolocalization and quenched-flow correlation of time course of dephosphorylation with membrane fusion.

B Höhne-Zell 1, G Knoll 1, U Riedel-Gras 1, W Hofer 1, H Plattner 1
PMCID: PMC1132981  PMID: 1417746

Abstract

We had previously shown that a phosphoprotein of 63 kDa ('PP63') is rapidly and selectively dephosphorylated during synchronous (less than or equal to 1 s) trichocyst exocytosis in Paramecium cells and then rephosphorylated within less than or equal to 1 min [Zieseniss & Plattner (1985) J. Cell Biol. 101, 2028-2035]. Using a new quenched-flow device, we now find a strict correlation between PP63 dephosphorylation and the process of membrane fusion, both occurring within 80 ms. Uptake of 32P over 90 min, followed by exocytosis and rephosphorylation for 1 min, results in a rather selective phosphorylation of the dephosphorylated form, P63, to PP63. Solubilization by repeated freezing and thawing allows isolations of P63 and PP63. On isoelectric focusing autoradiograms they have pI values of 6.05, 5.95 (major spots), 5.85 and 5.75. All spots are sensitive to alkaline, but not to acidic, hydrolysis (except for the pI-6.05 spot). On two-dimensional-gel autoradiograms the most prominent spot, of pI 5.95, is most extensively de- and re-phosphorylated. This spot, from de- and re-phosphorylated samples, was used to produce monospecific antibodies. A cortical localization of PP63 was revealed by producing Western blots from isolated cell-surface fragments ('cortices') and by immunofluorescence labelling. We assume that both P63 and PP63 are attached to cortical structures, e.g. around trichocysts, though they are partly soluble. This localization and the strict correlation of PP63 dephosphorylation with exocytotic membrane fusion suggests a role in fusion regulation.

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