connective tissue growth factor biosynthesis

connective tissue growth factor synthesis

The formation from simpler components of CTGF, produced by human umbilical vein endothelial cells and by skin fibroblasts after activation with TGFbeta.

A germline specific spherical organelle, rich in membrane skeletal proteins. Precursor to the fusome.

Catalysis of the preferential cleavage of Leu-Xaa, Met-Xaa and Phe-Xaa. Hydrolyzes elastin.

A direct link between the cytoplasms of sister cells that allows cells to communicate with one another. Germline intercellular bridges facilitate the passage of cytoplasmic components between cells during development. Intercellular bridges have also been found connecting somatic cells.

Germline specific intercellular bridge, as in, but not restricted to, the true insects (Insecta, ncbi_taxonomy_id:50557). During cyst formation in insects, ring canals interconnect the cells of the cyst, facilitating the passage of cytoplasmic components between cells.

Catalysis of the preferential cleavage of Lys-Xaa

Catalysis of the reaction: 2 glutathione + dehydroascorbate = glutathione disulfide + ascorbate.

Catalysis of the release of protein hormones, neuropeptides and renin from their precursors, generally by cleavage of -Lys-Arg-Xaa at the Arg-Xaa bond.

establishment and maintenance of protein localization in basal part of cell

The processes by which a protein is transported to, or maintained in, basal regions of the cell.

Catalysis of the release of protein hormones and neuropeptides from their precursors, generally by cleavage of -Lys-Arg-Xaa at the Arg-Xaa bond.

establishment and maintenance of protein localization in apical part of cell

The processes by which a protein is transported to, or maintained in, apical regions of the cell.

The region that lies just beneath the plasma membrane on the apical edge of a cell.

The nucleus of either the ovum or the spermatozoon following fertilization. Thus, in the fertilized ovum, there are two pronuclei, one originating from the ovum, the other from the spermatozoon that brought about fertilization; they approach each other, but do not fuse until just before the first cleavage, when each pronucleus loses its membrane to release its contents.