Abstract
The ciliary axoneme is the minimal structure responsible for Ca2+-dependent modulation of ciliary movement. We demonstrated that, in Tetrahymena ciliary axonemes, beta-tubulin was exclusively phosphorylated by an endogenous Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase(s). The phosphorylation of beta-tubulin also occurred in the outerdoublet microtubule fraction, suggesting that the responsible enzyme(s) was tightly associated with outerciliary motility, Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation of beta-tubulin was also found to occur exclusively. From these results, it is inferable that the phosphorylation of beta-tubulin is involved in Ca2+-dependent ciliary reversal.
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