Change in Hatching Enzyme Activity during Development of the Sea Urchin, Hemicentrotus Pulcherrimus
- 31 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Development, Growth & Differentiation
- Vol. 23 (4), 371-380
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-169x.1981.00371.x
Abstract
The time course of change in hatching enzyme activity during development of embryos of the sea urchin H. pulcherrimus was observed. The enzyme was present in the particulate fraction in embryos until the time of hatching and was maximal at the time of hatching. Cell fractionation studies suggested the existence of an inhibitor of the hatching enzyme. This possibility was subsequently substantiated by experiments in mixtures of fractions: the activity of hatching enzyme in the particulate fraction was inhibited by the supernatant of embryos. The inhibitory factor was heat-stable and non-dialyzable, but it was not characterized further. The activity of secreted hatching enzyme was not inhibited by this factor, suggesting that the molecular forms of hatching enzyme in embryos and in the culture supernatant are different. After hatching, the amount of increase in the hatching enzyme activity in the culture supernatant was 3.5 .times. the amount of decrease in enzyme activity in the embryos, suggesting that the enzyme was activated during its secretion.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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