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SUBMITTER: Tibaldi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2822075 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tibaldi Elena E Arrigoni Giorgio G Martinez Heather M HM Inagaki Kenichi K Shimasaki Shunichi S Pinna Lorenzo A LA
FEBS letters 20100112 4
Bone morphogenetic protein-15 (BMP-15) and growth and differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) are oocyte-secreted factors that play essential roles in human folliculogenesis and ovulation. Their bioactivity is tightly regulated through phosphorylation, likely to occur within the Golgi apparatus of the secretory pathway. Here we show that Golgi apparatus casein kinase (G-CK) catalyzes the phosphorylation of rhBMP-15 and rhGDF-9. rhBMP-15, in particular, is an excellent substrate for G-CK. In each protei ...[more]