Abstract
The cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation of proteins is essential for the initiation of sperm motility in salmonid fishes. This study isolated cDNA for the catalytic subunit of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA-C) from rainbow trout testis. The deduced amino acid sequence shows 75–80% identity to sequences previously reported in other organisms. However, the N-terminal regions of PKA-C from the testis as well as ovary in the trout appear slightly shorter than those from other tissues, suggesting that small PKA-C might be specific to germ cells. An immunofluorescence study using polyclonal antibody against trout testis PKA-C shows that it localizes along sperm flagellum. Furthermore, immunoelectron microscopy revealed that PKA-C is anchored to the outer arm dynein of flagellar axonemes. These results suggest that PKA-C is involved in regulating the flagellar motility of sperm via phosphorylation of a subunit of the outer arm dynein.
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