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Several isoforms of the cAMP‐dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (C‐subunit) were separated from the posterior adductor muscle and the mantle tissues of the sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis by cation exchange chromatography, and identified by: (a) protein kinase activity; (b) antibody recognition; and (c) peptide mass fingerprinting. Some of the isozymes seemed to be tissue‐specific, and all them were phosphorylated at serine and threonine residues and showed slight but significant differences in their apparent molecular mass values, which ranged from 41.3 to 44.5 kDa. The results from the MS analysis suggest that at least some of the mussel C‐subunit isoforms arise as a result of alternative splicing events. Furthermore, several peptide sequences from mussel C‐subunits, determined by de novo sequencing, showed a high degree of homology with the mammalian Cα‐isoform, and contained some structural motifs that are essential for catalytic function. On the other hand, no significant differences were observed in the kinetic parameters of C‐subunit isoforms, determined by using synthetic peptides as substrate and inhibitor. However, the C‐subunit isoforms separated from the mantle tissue differed in their ability to phosphorylate in vitro some proteins present in a mantle extract.

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Two different isoforms of the regulatory (R) subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), named R(myt1) and R(myt2), had previously been identified in the sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. R(myt1) and R(myt2) were differentially distributed in the various cell types comprising the mussel mantle. R(myt1) was found the only isoform to be present in the auxiliary cells of female follicles and the cubic epithelium of the middle fold of mantle edge. In contrast, only the R(myt2) isoform was detected in the subepithelial connective tissue, the endothelium of haemolymph vessels, the adipogranular and vesicular cells of reserve connective tissue, and the spermatozoa. Finally, both R(myt1) and R(myt2) coexist in some cell types but they show a different cellular localization: R(myt1) was localized in the cytoplasm whereas R(myt2) was mainly detected in the cell apical edge, cell periphery, cilia and sperm flagella. Interestingly, both R(myt1) and R(myt2) were absent in oocytes within the female gonadal follicles but, in contrast, they were highly expressed in follicle-released oocytes collected after spawning. Taken together the results show that mussel PKA isoforms are differentially distributed in the mantle cell types, which suggests that they are involved in the regulation of distinct cellular functions. On the other hand, the expression of R(myt1) and R(myt2) proteins is associated with the meiosis resumption of oocytes at the prophase I stage, which occurs in parallel to spawning.