COLLAGENACEOUS, THIOL-CONTAINING PROTEINS OF CNIDARIAN NEMATOCYSTS - A COMPARISON OF THE CHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN 2 TYPES OF CNIDAE

Authors
BRAND DD BLANQUET RS PHELAN MA
Citation
Dd. Brand et al., COLLAGENACEOUS, THIOL-CONTAINING PROTEINS OF CNIDARIAN NEMATOCYSTS - A COMPARISON OF THE CHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN 2 TYPES OF CNIDAE, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 106(1), 1993, pp. 115-124
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03050491
Volume
106
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
115 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-0491(1993)106:1<115:CTPOCN>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
1. Nematocyst structural proteins (NSP) from the sea anemones Aiptasia pallida and Metridium senile and the siphonophore Physalia physalis a re primarily low molecular weight collagens linked by disulfide bonds. 2. NSP patterns resolved by SDS-PAGE revealed a common, major collage n species (40 kDa) in each nematocyst type, together with other collag ens and non-thiol-containing proteins. 3. For each cnidarian, NSP glyc osylation profiles were significantly different. 4. Monoclonal antibod ies against Aiptasia NSP demonstrated a differential distribution betw een capsule wall and thread. 5. NSP differences would account for the diversity of morphologic and functional types.