Intracellular compartmentation of CTP synthase in Drosophila

Ji-Long Liu

doi:10.1016/S1673-8527(09)60046-1

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May 2010

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Intracellular compartmentation of CTP synthase in Drosophila

doi: 10.1016/S1673-8527(09)60046-1

Ji-Long Liu

Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: jilong.liu@dpag.ox.ac.uk (Ji-Long Liu)
Received Date: 2010-04-30
Accepted Date: 2010-05-06

Available Online: 2010-05-31

Publish Date: 2010-05-20

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Abstract

Compartmentation is essential for the localization of biological processes within a eukaryotic cell. ATP synthase localizes to organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts. By contrast, little is known about the subcellular distribution of CTP synthase, the critical enzyme in the production of CTP, a high-energy molecule similar to ATP. Here I describe the identification of a novel intracellular structure containing CTP synthase, termed the cytoophidium, inDrosophila cells. I find that cytoophidia are present in all major cell types in the ovary and exist in a wide range of tissues such as brain, gut, trachea, testis, accessory gland, salivary gland and lymph gland. In addition, I find CTP synthase-containing cytoophidia in other fruit fly species. The observation of compartmentation of CTP synthase now permits a broad range of questions to be addressed concerning not only the structure and function of cytoophidia but also the organization and regulation of CTP synthesis.
- CTP synthase,
- cytoophidium,
- Drosophila,
- organelle,
- cilium,
- oogenesis

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