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ID 114185
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Keywords
adenylate kinase
AK4
mitochondria
protein expression
immunohistochemistry
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Adenylate kinase (AK) is a key enzyme in the high-energy phosphoryl transfer reaction in living cells. Of its isoforms, AK4 has a similar sequence and subcellular localization to that of AK3 in the mitochondrial matrix. However, unlike AK3, AK4 lacks the guanosine triphosphate: adenosine monophosphate phosphotransferase activity. To elucidate the physiological role of AK4, we explored the protein localization of AK4 in various mouse tissues by immunohistochemical analysis. AK4 protein was detected in the kidney, liver, brain, heart, stomach, intestine, and gonads but not in the lung and spleen. Interestingly, cell-type specific expression was evident in the brain, gastrointestinal tract, and gonads. In the cerebellum, AK4 was detected in granular cells but not in Purkinje cell bodies. In the gastrointestinal tract, AK4 was highly expressed in epithelia. In the ovary, AK4 was detected in oocytes and corpora lutea. In the testis, AK4 was detected in spermatocytes but not in spermatogonia. Our findings demonstrate that AK4 localizes uniquely in a cell-type and tissue-specific manner in mouse tissues.
Journal Title
Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica
ISSN
00445991
13475800
NCID
AA00508022
Publisher
The Japan Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
Volume
42
Issue
2
Start Page
55
End Page
64
Published Date
2009
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language
eng
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Oral Sciences
University Hospital