Characterization of a novel, testis-specific equine serine/threonine kinase.

Abstract:

:Testis-specific protein kinases are important because of their potential role in spermiogenesis, sperm maturation, and sperm function. In the present study, a novel serine-threonine kinase with high identity to human serine-threonine kinase 31 (STK31) was cloned from equine testis and expression of the protein was characterized in equine testis and ejaculated spermatozoa. Five over-lapping independent clones were plaque purified after screening of a lambda ZAP cDNA expression library constructed from equine testis. Sequence analysis and alignment of all five clones showed high identity with human STK31 with approximately 200 bp of the equine N-terminal sequence incomplete. The putative full-length coding sequence of this testis specific equine cDNA was completed by amplification of a 200-bp fragment using a human primer upstream of the reported translational start site with equine specific nested primers. Northern blot analysis using the equine STK31 cDNA detected an RNA transcript of approximately 3.1 kb present in testis but not in other reproductive or somatic tissues. Immunolocalization of the protein in equine testis and spermatozoa demonstrated that STK31 was present in post-meiotic germ cells with localization to the equatorial segment of testicular spermatozoa. Analysis of the domain structure of equine STK31 revealed a protein kinase domain along with a putative RNA-binding region. The post-meiotic expression of this protein along with its domain structure suggests that STK31 may have a role in reorganization of sperm chromatin during spermiogenesis. The cloning of this novel, testis-specific equine STK provides a new tool to explore the role of kinases in sperm function.

journal_name

Mol Reprod Dev

authors

Sabeur K,Ball BA,Corbin CJ,Conley A

doi

10.1002/mrd.20792

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-05-01 00:00:00

pages

867-73

issue

5

eissn

1040-452X

issn

1098-2795

journal_volume

75

pub_type

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