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Adams J, Taylor S. Phosphorylation of peptide substrates for the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53020-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Steinberg RA, Cauthron RD, Symcox MM, Shuntoh H. Autoactivation of catalytic (C alpha) subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase by phosphorylation of threonine 197. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:2332-41. [PMID: 8455615 PMCID: PMC359554 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.4.2332-2341.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We recently found, using cultured mouse cell systems, that newly synthesized catalytic (C) subunits of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase undergo a posttranslational modification that reduces their electrophoretic mobilities in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gels and activates them for binding to a Sepharose-conjugated inhibitor peptide. Using an Escherichia coli expression system, we now show that recombinant murine C alpha subunit undergoes a similar modification and that the modification results in a large increase in protein kinase activity. Threonine phosphorylation appears to be responsible for both the enzymatic activation and the electrophoretic mobility shift. The phosphothreonine-deficient form of C subunit had reduced affinities for the ATP analogs p-fluorosulfonyl-[14C]benzoyl 5'-adenosine and adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) as well as for the Sepharose-conjugated inhibitor peptide; it also had markedly elevated Kms for both ATP and peptide substrates. Autophosphorylation of C-subunit preparations enriched for this phosphothreonine-deficient form reproduced the changes in enzyme activity and SDS-gel mobility that occur in intact cells. A mutant form of the recombinant C subunit with Ala substituted for Thr-197 (the only C-subunit threonine residue known to be phosphorylated in mammalian cells) was similar in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis mobility and activity to the phosphothreonine-deficient form of wild-type C subunit. In contrast to the wild-type subunit, however, the Ala-197 mutant form could not be shifted or activated by incubation with the phosphothreonine-containing wild-type form. We conclude that posttranslational autophosphorylation of Thr-197 is a critical step in intracellular expression of active C subunit.
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- R A Steinberg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190
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Zhou Z, Gartner A, Cade R, Ammerer G, Errede B. Pheromone-induced signal transduction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires the sequential function of three protein kinases. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:2069-80. [PMID: 8455599 PMCID: PMC359528 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.4.2069-2080.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Protein phosphorylation plays an important role in pheromone-induced differentiation processes of haploid yeast cells. Among the components necessary for signal transduction are the STE7 and STE11 kinases and either one of the redundant FUS3 and KSS1 kinases. FUS3 and presumably KSS1 are phosphorylated and activated during pheromone induction by a STE7-dependent mechanism. Pheromone also induces the accumulation of STE7 in a hyperphosphorylated form. This modification of STE7 requires the STE11 kinase, which is proposed to act before STE7 during signal transmission. Surprisingly, STE7 hyperphosphorylation also requires a functional FUS3 (or KSS1) kinase. Using in vitro assays for FUS3 phosphorylation, we show that pheromone activates STE7 even in the absence of FUS3 and KSS1. Therefore, STE7 activation must precede modification of FUS3 (and KSS1). These findings suggest that STE7 hyperphosphorylation is a consequence of its activation but not the determining event.
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- Z Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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Kid-1, a putative renal transcription factor: regulation during ontogeny and in response to ischemia and toxic injury. Mol Cell Biol 1993. [PMID: 8382778 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.3.1933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have identified a new putative transcription factor from the rat kidney, termed Kid-1 (for kidney, ischemia and developmentally regulated gene 1). Kid-1 belongs to the C2H2 class of zinc finger genes. Its mRNA accumulates with age in postnatal renal development and is detected predominantly in the kidney. Kid-1 mRNA levels decline after renal injury secondary to ischemia or folic acid administration, two insults which result in epithelial cell dedifferentiation, followed by regenerative hyperplasia and differentiation. The low expression of Kid-1 early in postnatal development, and when renal tissue is recovering after injury, suggests that the gene product is involved in establishment of a differentiated phenotype and/or regulation of the proliferative response. The deduced protein contains 13 C2H2 zinc fingers at the COOH end in groups of 4 and 9 separated by a 32-amino-acid spacer. There are consensus sites for phosphorylation in the NH2 terminus non-zinc finger region as well as in the spacer region between zinc fingers 4 and 5. A region of the deduced protein shares extensive homology with a catalytic region of Raf kinases, a feature shared only with TFIIE among transcription factors. To determine whether Kid-1 can modulate transcription, a chimeric construct encoding the Kid-1 non-zinc finger region (sense or antisense) and the DNA-binding region of GAL4 was transfected into COS and LLC-PK1 cells together with a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter plasmid containing GAL4 binding sites, driven by either a minimal promoter or a simian virus 40 enhancer. CAT activity was markedly inhibited in cells transfected with the sense construct compared with the activity in cells transfected with the antisense construct. To our knowledge, this pattern of developmental regulation, kidney expression, and regulation of transcription is unique among the C2H2 class of zinc finger-containing DNA-binding proteins.
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Cama A, de la Luz Sierra M, Quon M, Ottini L, Gorden P, Taylor S. Substitution of glutamic acid for alanine 1135 in the putative “catalytic loop” of the tyrosine kinase domain of the human insulin receptor. A mutation that impairs proteolytic processing into subunits and inhibits receptor tyrosine kinase activity. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53063-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Patriotis C, Makris A, Bear SE, Tsichlis PN. Tumor progression locus 2 (Tpl-2) encodes a protein kinase involved in the progression of rodent T-cell lymphomas and in T-cell activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:2251-5. [PMID: 7681591 PMCID: PMC46064 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.6.2251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The Tpl-2 locus, cloned by provirus tagging from one of three sublines of the Moloney leukemia virus-induced rat thymoma 2769, defines a gene encoding a protein kinase associated with progression in 22.5% of the tumors. Tpl-2 is expressed primarily in spleen, thymus, liver, and lung. Provirus integration occurs in the last intron of the gene, leading to the expression of a truncated mRNA that terminates in the proviral long terminal repeat and encodes a protein with an altered C-terminal domain. Strong evidence that this genetic change confers growth advantage to affected cell clones was provided by the finding that, during cultivation of all three sublines derived from tumor 2769, cells were selected that harbored independent provirus insertions in the Tpl-2 locus. Exposure of normal rat spleen cells to Con A induces the expression of enhanced levels of Tpl-2 within the first 60 min from the time of exposure suggesting that, in normal splenocytes, Tpl-2 may be involved in the transition from a quiescent to the G1 phase of the cell cycle.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Cells, Cultured
- Concanavalin A
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- DNA, Neoplasm/isolation & purification
- Liver/enzymology
- Lung/enzymology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/enzymology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/physiopathology
- MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Moloney murine leukemia virus/genetics
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Poly A/genetics
- Poly A/isolation & purification
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Protein Kinases/genetics
- Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- RNA/genetics
- RNA/isolation & purification
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred F344
- Restriction Mapping
- Spleen/enzymology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/physiology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- C Patriotis
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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The kinase activity of human p34cdc2 is negatively regulated by phosphorylation at Thr-14 and Tyr-15. These residues lie within the putative nucleotide binding domain of p34cdc2. It has been proposed that phosphorylation within this motif ablates the binding of ATP to the active site of p34cdc2, thereby inhibiting p34cdc2 kinase activity (K. Gould and P. Nurse, Nature [London] 342:39-44, 1989). To understand the mechanism of this inactivation, various forms of p34cdc2 were tested for the ability to bind nucleotide. The active site of p34cdc2 was specifically modified by the MgATP analog 5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine (FSBA). The apparent Km for modification of wild-type, monomeric p34cdc2 was 148 microM FSBA and was not significantly affected by association with cyclin B. Tyrosine-phosphorylated p34cdc2 was modified by FSBA with a slightly higher Km (241 microM FSBA). FSBA modification of both tyrosine-phosphorylated and unphosphorylated p34cdc2 was competitively inhibited by ATP, and half-maximal inhibition in each case occurred at approximately 250 microM ATP. In addition to being negatively regulated by phosphorylation, the kinase activity of p34cdc2 was positively regulated by the cyclin-dependent phosphorylation of Thr-161. Mutation of p34cdc2 at Thr-161 resulted in the formation of an enzymatically inactive p34cdc2/cyclin B complex both in vivo and in vitro. However, mutation of Thr-161 did not significantly affect the ability of p34cdc2 to bind nucleotide (FSBA). Taken together, these results indicate that inhibition of p34cdc2 kinase activity by phosphorylation of Tyr-15 (within the putative ATP binding domain) or by mutation of Thr-161 involves a mechanism other than inhibition of nucleotide binding. We propose instead that the defect resides at the level of catalysis.
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- S Atherton-Fessler
- Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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- K Riehemann
- Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Münster, Germany
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Koller K, Lipari M, Goeddel D. Proper glycosylation and phosphorylation of the type A natriuretic peptide receptor are required for hormone-stimulated guanylyl cyclase activity. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53418-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Taylor SS, Knighton DR, Zheng J, Sowadski JM, Gibbs CS, Zoller MJ. A template for the protein kinase family. Trends Biochem Sci 1993; 18:84-9. [PMID: 8480367 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0004(93)80001-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The crystal structure of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, complexed with ATP and a 20-residue inhibitor peptide, is reviewed and correlated with chemical and genetic data. The striking convergence of the structure with the biochemistry and genetics provides for the first time a molecular basis for understanding how this enzyme functions, as well as an explanation for the highly conserved residues that are scattered throughout the molecule. Because these residues probably serve a common role in all eukaryotic protein kinases, this first protein kinase structure serves as a general template for the entire family of enzymes.
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- S S Taylor
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0654
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Witzgall R, O'Leary E, Gessner R, Ouellette AJ, Bonventre JV. Kid-1, a putative renal transcription factor: regulation during ontogeny and in response to ischemia and toxic injury. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:1933-42. [PMID: 8382778 PMCID: PMC359507 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.3.1933-1942.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We have identified a new putative transcription factor from the rat kidney, termed Kid-1 (for kidney, ischemia and developmentally regulated gene 1). Kid-1 belongs to the C2H2 class of zinc finger genes. Its mRNA accumulates with age in postnatal renal development and is detected predominantly in the kidney. Kid-1 mRNA levels decline after renal injury secondary to ischemia or folic acid administration, two insults which result in epithelial cell dedifferentiation, followed by regenerative hyperplasia and differentiation. The low expression of Kid-1 early in postnatal development, and when renal tissue is recovering after injury, suggests that the gene product is involved in establishment of a differentiated phenotype and/or regulation of the proliferative response. The deduced protein contains 13 C2H2 zinc fingers at the COOH end in groups of 4 and 9 separated by a 32-amino-acid spacer. There are consensus sites for phosphorylation in the NH2 terminus non-zinc finger region as well as in the spacer region between zinc fingers 4 and 5. A region of the deduced protein shares extensive homology with a catalytic region of Raf kinases, a feature shared only with TFIIE among transcription factors. To determine whether Kid-1 can modulate transcription, a chimeric construct encoding the Kid-1 non-zinc finger region (sense or antisense) and the DNA-binding region of GAL4 was transfected into COS and LLC-PK1 cells together with a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter plasmid containing GAL4 binding sites, driven by either a minimal promoter or a simian virus 40 enhancer. CAT activity was markedly inhibited in cells transfected with the sense construct compared with the activity in cells transfected with the antisense construct. To our knowledge, this pattern of developmental regulation, kidney expression, and regulation of transcription is unique among the C2H2 class of zinc finger-containing DNA-binding proteins.
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- R Witzgall
- Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Walker JC. Receptor-like protein kinase genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 3:451-456. [PMID: 8220453 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.1993.tb00164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The isolation of a maize cDNA clone that encodes a membrane spanning protein kinase related to the self-incompatibility glycoproteins (SLG) of Brassica and structurally similar to the growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases has recently been reported. Three distinct receptor-like protein kinase (RLK) cDNA clones from Arabidopsis thaliana have now been identified. Two of the Arabidopsis RLK genes encode SLG-related protein kinases but have different patterns of expression: one is expressed predominantly in rosettes while the other is expressed primarily in roots. The third RLK gene contains an extracellular domain that consists of 21 leucine-rich repeats that are analogous to the leucine-rich repeats found in proteins from humans, flies and yeast. The Arabidopsis leucine-rich gene is expressed at equivalent levels in roots and rosettes. These results show that there are several genes in higher plants that encode members of the receptor protein kinase superfamily. The structural diversity and differential expression of these genes suggest that each plays a distinct and possibly important role in cellular signaling in plants.
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- J C Walker
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia 65211
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Palczewski K, Buczyłko J, Lebioda L, Crabb J, Polans A. Identification of the N-terminal region in rhodopsin kinase involved in its interaction with rhodopsin. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53419-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Gerloff DL, Jenny TF, Knecht LJ, Gonnet GH, Benner SA. The nitrogenase MoFe protein. A secondary structure prediction. FEBS Lett 1993; 318:118-24. [PMID: 8440368 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80004-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Surface residues, interior residues, and parsing residues, together with a secondary structure derived from these, are predicted for the MoFe nitrogenase protein in advance of a crystal structure of the protein, scheduled shortly to appear in Nature. By publishing this prediction, we test our method for predicting the conformation of proteins from patterns in the divergent evolution of homologous protein sequences in a way that places the method 'at risk'.
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- D L Gerloff
- Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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Shelton CA, Wasserman SA. pelle encodes a protein kinase required to establish dorsoventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo. Cell 1993; 72:515-25. [PMID: 8440018 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90071-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The pelle gene is required for the nuclear import of dorsal protein that establishes dorsoventral polarity in Drosophila embryos. We report here the genetic mapping and molecular characterization of pelle. DNA sequence analysis revealed that pelle encodes a protein of 501 amino acids, the last 292 of which comprise a protein kinase catalytic domain. Microinjection of in vitro synthesized transcripts containing site-directed mutations indicates that the kinase catalytic domain is required for biological activity. This domain is most similar to that of the rat and mos protein kinases and is predicted to have a serine and threonine specificity. These results provide direct evidence for the role of phosphorylation in the in vivo regulation of a rel-like transcription factor.
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- C A Shelton
- Biochemistry Department, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9038
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Tomoda T, Murata T, Arai K, Muramatsu M. Mutations on 170Glu, a substrate recognition residue in mouse cAMP-dependent protein kinase, generate enzymes with altered substrate affinity and biological functions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1175:333-42. [PMID: 8094634 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(93)90226-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Site-directed mutations in the catalytic subunit of mouse cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKAcat) were generated to assess the residue(s) important for the recognition of the substrate peptide and its biological functions. Since the region, 165R-166D-167L-168K-169P-170E-171 N of PKAcat has been shown to be located near the substrate analogue inhibitor peptide binding site (Knighton et al. (1991) Science 253, 414-420), we initially constructed three PKAcat mutants, D166A, K168A, and E170A, in which 166D, 168K, and 170E, respectively, were altered to alanine. When expressed in COS7 cells, D166A and K168A were insoluble, whereas E170A was soluble but had lower in-vitro kinase activity than the wild-type PKAcat. E170A and other 170E mutants, E170Q, E170V, E170R and E170D were equally soluble and displayed various catalytic activities with increased Km and decreased Vmax with regard to Kemptide substrate. Most prominently, E170R did not phosphorylate Kemptide, suggesting that 170E is important for the interaction with Kemptide. The in-vivo activities of the PKAcat mutants were examined in two independent biological assays. First, in Jurkat cells, overexpression of all the 170E mutants except E170R activated the c-fos promoter at various levels lower than the wild-type PKAcat, suggesting that these mutants retain at least partial biological activity. Second, progesterone-induced germinal vesicle break-down in Xenopus oocytes, inhibited by expression of wild-type PKAcat, was inhibited to a similar extent by all the 170E mutants except E170R. All these results support the idea that 170E is a peptide-recognition residue.
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- T Tomoda
- Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Yonemoto W, McGlone M, Taylor S. N-myristylation of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase conveys structural stability. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53782-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Gene structure and expression of an unusual protein kinase from Plasmodium falciparum homologous at its carboxyl terminus with the EF hand calcium-binding proteins. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53616-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Carrera AC, Alexandrov K, Roberts TM. The conserved lysine of the catalytic domain of protein kinases is actively involved in the phosphotransfer reaction and not required for anchoring ATP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:442-6. [PMID: 8421674 PMCID: PMC45679 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.2.442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The study of the various protein kinases reveals that, despite their considerably diversity, they have evolved from a common origin. Eleven conserved subdomains have been described that encompass the catalytic core of these enzymes. One of these conserved regions, subdomain II, contains an invariant lysine residue present in all known protein kinase catalytic domains. Two facts have suggested that this conserved lysine of subdomain II is essential for binding ATP: (i) several investigators have demonstrated that this residue is physically proximal to the ATP molecule, and (ii) conservative substitutions at this site render the kinase inactive. However, these results are also consistent with a functional role of the conserved lysine of subdomain II in orienting or facilitating the transfer of phosphate. To study in more detail the role of subdomain II, we have generated mutants of the protein-tyrosine kinase pp56lck that have single amino acid substitutions within the area surrounding the conserved residue Lys-273 in subdomain II. When compared with wild-type pp56lck, these mutants displayed profound reductions in their phosphotransfer efficiencies and small differences in their affinities for ATP. Further, the substitution of arginine for Lys-273 resulted in a mutant protein unable to transfer the gamma-phosphate of ATP but able to bind 8-azido-ATP with an efficiency similar to that of wild-type pp56lck. These results suggest that the region including Lys-273 of subdomain II is involved in the enzymatic process of phosphate transfer, rather than in anchoring ATP.
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- A C Carrera
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Vaandrager A, Schulz S, De Jonge H, Garbers D. Guanylyl cyclase C is an N-linked glycoprotein receptor that accounts for multiple heat-stable enterotoxin-binding proteins in the intestine. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53978-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Schwartsmann G, Workman P. Anticancer drug screening and discovery in the 1990s: a European perspective. Eur J Cancer 1993; 29A:3-14. [PMID: 1445743 DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(93)90567-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- G Schwartsmann
- Department of Oncology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Evidence for autoinhibitory regulation of the c-src gene product. A possible interaction between the src homology 2 domain and autophosphorylation site. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54051-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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MacNeill SA, Nurse P. Mutational analysis of the fission yeast p34cdc2 protein kinase gene. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 236:415-26. [PMID: 8437586 DOI: 10.1007/bf00277142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The p34cdc2 protein serine-threonine kinase plays an essential role in the life cycle of fission yeast, being required for both the G1-S and G2-M transitions during mitotic growth, and also for the second meiotic nuclear division. Functional homologues of p34cdc2 (each ca. 60% identical to the fission yeast prototype) have been isolated from organisms as diverse as humans, insects and plants, and there is now considerable evidence supporting the view that fundamental aspects of the cell cycle controls uncovered in fission yeast will prove to be conserved in all eukaryotes. By comparing the amino acid sequences of fission yeast p34cdc2 with its higher eukaryotic counterparts it is possible to identify conserved residues that are likely to be centrally important for p34cdc2 function. Here the effects are described of mutating a number of these conserved residues. Twenty-three new mutant alleles have been constructed and tested. We show that replacing cysteine 67 with tryptophan renders the resulting mutant protein p80cdc25-independent (while neither leucine, isoleucine nor valine has this effect) and that several of the amino acids within the highly conserved PSTAIRE region are not absolutely required for p34cdc2 function. Five acidic amino acids have also been mutated within p34cdc2, which are invariant across the eukaryotic protein kinase family. Acid-to-base mutations at three of these residues resulted in a dominant-negative, cell cycle arrest phenotype while similar mutations at the other two simply abolished p34cdc2 protein function. The results are discussed with reference to the predicted tertiary structure of the p34cdc2 enzyme.
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Wu J, Harrison JK, Vincent LA, Haystead C, Haystead TA, Michel H, Hunt DF, Lynch KR, Sturgill TW. Molecular structure of a protein-tyrosine/threonine kinase activating p42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase: MAP kinase kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:173-7. [PMID: 8380494 PMCID: PMC45622 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.1.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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MAP kinases p42mapk and p44mapk participate in a protein kinase cascade(s) important for signaling in many cell types and contexts. Both MAP kinases are activated in vitro by MAP kinase kinase, a protein-tyrosine and threonine kinase. A MAP kinase kinase cDNA was isolated from a rat kidney library by using peptide sequence data we obtained from MAP kinase kinase isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle. The deduced sequence, containing 393 amino acids (predicted mass, 43.5 kDa), is most similar to byr1 (Bypass of ras1), a yeast protein kinase functioning in the mating pathway induced by pheromones in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. An unusually large insert is present in MAP kinase kinase between domains IX and X and may contribute to protein-protein interactions with MAP kinase. Major (2.7 kilobases) and minor (1.7 kilobases) transcripts are widely expressed in rat tissues and appear to be derived from a single gene.
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- J Wu
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908
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McClure GD, Qamar R, Cook PF. A method for counting active sites of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION 1993; 7:151-7. [PMID: 7509870 DOI: 10.3109/14756369309040757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A method has been developed for counting active sites of cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase. Known concentrations of a synthetic peptide similar to a fragment of the endogenous inhibitor of the kinase were included in otherwise routine assay mixes containing several different volumes of enzyme stock solution. The concentration of active sites of the catalytic subunit of the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase in the stock solution was then determined by fitting observed velocities to an equation that accounts for the presence of a tight-binding inhibitor. The method yielded estimates of catalytic subunit concentration comparable with those derived from more traditional measures of catalytic subunit concentration. Both purified and heterogeneous samples were assayed, since active-sites counting assumes only a mutually specific, high-affinity interaction between enzyme and inhibitor and does not require that samples be pure. In principle, the method can be adapted to other protein kinases for which a specific, tight-binding, reversible inhibitor is available.
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- G D McClure
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth 76107
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Van Etten RA. The molecular pathogenesis of the Philadelphia-positive leukemias: implications for diagnosis and therapy. Cancer Treat Res 1993; 64:295-325. [PMID: 8095796 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3086-2_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/therapy
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic, Atypical, BCR-ABL Negative/genetics
- Mice
- Philadelphia Chromosome
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/therapy
- Proto-Oncogenes
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- R A Van Etten
- Harvard Medical School, Center for Blood Research, Boston, MA 02115
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Connell-Crowley L, Solomon MJ, Wei N, Harper JW. Phosphorylation independent activation of human cyclin-dependent kinase 2 by cyclin A in vitro. Mol Biol Cell 1993; 4:79-92. [PMID: 8443411 PMCID: PMC300902 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.4.1.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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p33cdk2 is a serine-threonine protein kinase that associates with cyclins A, D, and E and has been implicated in the control of the G1/S transition in mammalian cells. Recent evidence indicates that cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2), like its homolog Cdc2, requires cyclin binding and phosphorylation (of threonine-160) for activation in vivo. However, the extent to which mechanistic details of the activation process are conserved between Cdc2 and Cdk2 is unknown. We have developed bacterial expression and purification systems for Cdk2 and cyclin A that allow mechanistic studies of the activation process to be performed in the absence of cell extracts. Recombinant Cdk2 is essentially inactive as a histone H1 kinase (< 4 x 10(-5) pmol phosphate transferred.min-1 x microgram-1 Cdk2). However, in the presence of equimolar cyclin A, the specific activity is approximately 16 pmol.mon-1 x microgram-1, 4 x 10(5)-fold higher than Cdk2 alone. Mutation of T160 in Cdk2 to either alanine or glutamic acid had little impact on the specific activity of the Cdk2/cyclin A complex: the activity of Cdk2T160E was indistinguishable from Cdk2, whereas that of Cdk2T160A was reduced by five-fold. To determine if the Cdk2/cyclin A complex could be activated further by phosphorylation of T160, complexes were treated with Cdc2 activating kinase (CAK), purified approximately 12,000-fold from Xenopus eggs. This treatment resulted in an 80-fold increase in specific activity. This specific activity is comparable with that of the Cdc2/cyclin B complex after complete activation by CAK (approximately 1600 pmol.mon-1 x microgram-1). Neither Cdk2T160A/cyclin A nor Cdk2T160E/cyclin A complexes were activated further by treatment with CAK. In striking contrast with cyclin A, cyclin B did not directly activate Cdk2. However, both Cdk2/cyclin A and Cdk2/cyclin B complexes display similar activity after activation by CAK. For the Cdk2/cyclin A complex, both cyclin binding and phosphorylation contribute significantly to activation, although the energetic contribution of cyclin A binding is greater than that of T160 phosphorylation by approximately 5 kcal/mol. The potential significance of direct activation of Cdk2 by cyclins with respect to regulation of cell cycle progression is discussed.
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- L Connell-Crowley
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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Lalou CI, Lederer F. Affinity labeling of bovine brain protein kinase C by tosyl lysyl chloromethane. A kinetic study. Biochimie 1993; 75:443-50. [PMID: 8364094 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(93)90109-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The kinetics of inactivation of bovine brain protein kinase C (PKC) by N alpha-p-tosyl L-lysyl chloromethane (TosLysCH2Cl) were investigated. In absence of activators PKC gave non-linear semilog inactivation plots. At each reagent concentration a plateau of residual activity was reached after some time; its value was inversely proportional to TosLysCH2Cl concentration but the plateau was not due to inactivator depletion. On the other hand, in the presence of Ca2+, phosphatidylserine and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, the activity loss followed saturation kinetics, with k(inact) = 0.6 x 10(-3) s-1 and Kinact = 1.9 mM. The study of protection effects by ATP Mg2+ and histone required the presence of 50% glycerol in the incubation mixtures, otherwise the controls (kinase in the presence of activators and ATP Mg2+ or histone) rapidly lost activity. In the presence of 50% glycerol, the inactivation parameters were somewhat altered (k(inact) = 0.3 x 10(-3) s-1 and K(inact) = 0.2 mM); ATP Mg2+ proved to afford a mixed competitive-non competitive protection effect, while histone protected in a competitive manner with a Kp of 0.06 microgram/ml. In the presence and the absence of glycerol, plots of log k(obs) versus log inactivator concentration yielded straight lines with slopes of 0.7-0.9, indicating that 1 mol of reagent is sufficient for inactivation. The results described in this paper suggest that the reagent TosLysCH2Cl hits the catalytic domain of activated PKC at the active site, which is not available in resting PKC; in non-activated PKC, the labeling site would be different.
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- C I Lalou
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité de Recherche Associée 1461, hôpital Necker, Paris, France
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Cawley K, Akita C, Angelos K, Walsh D. Characterization of the gene for rat phosphorylase kinase catalytic subunit. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54059-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Hovens CM, Stacker SA, Andres AC, Harpur AG, Ziemiecki A, Wilks AF. RYK, a receptor tyrosine kinase-related molecule with unusual kinase domain motifs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:11818-22. [PMID: 1334548 PMCID: PMC50648 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.24.11818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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By using the polymerase chain reaction with degenerate oligonucleotides based on highly conserved motifs held in common between all members of the protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) family, a PTK-related sequence was isolated from murine peritoneal macrophage cDNA. Full-length clones have been isolated that encompass the entire coding region of the mRNA, and the predicted amino acid sequence indicates that the protein encoded has the structure of a growth factor receptor PTK (RTK). We have dubbed this molecule RYK (for related to tyrosine kinase). The RYK-encoded protein bears a transmembrane domain, with a relatively small (183 amino acid) extracellular domain, containing five potential N-linked glycosylation sites. The intracellular domain of RYK is unique among the broader family of RTKs and has several unusual sequence idiosyncrasies in some of the most highly conserved elements of the PTK domain. These sequence differences call into question the potential catalytic activity of the RYK protein.
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- C M Hovens
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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Cruzalegui FH, Kapiloff MS, Morfin JP, Kemp BE, Rosenfeld MG, Means AR. Regulation of intrasteric inhibition of the multifunctional calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:12127-31. [PMID: 1334558 PMCID: PMC50711 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.24.12127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A regulatory region involved in both autoinhibition and calmodulin (CaM) binding has previously been identified in the multifunctional Ca2+/CaM-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase II). We have tested the role of various segments of the regulatory region in autoinhibition by the analysis of a series of truncation, substitution, and deletion mutants of the CaM kinase II alpha subunit (CaM kinase II alpha). Unexpectedly, the sequence Lys-Lys-Phe-Asn at positions 291-294, adjacent to the CaM binding domain, was found to be sufficient to maintain an inhibited state in a truncated form of the kinase. However, these residues are not essential in the context of the full-length protein, indicating the importance of additional residues from the overlapping CaM binding domain. We propose here a molecular model for CaM kinase II alpha based on the three-dimensional structure of the cAPK-PKI-(5-24) (protein kinase inhibitor fragment) complex. It is predicted from this model that autoinhibition is of the pseudosubstrate variety and that autophosphorylation of Thr-286 could occur by an intersubunit reaction in the holoenzyme complex.
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- F H Cruzalegui
- Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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Blundell T, Hubbard R, Weiss MA. Structural biology and diabetes mellitus: molecular pathogenesis and rational drug design. Diabetologia 1992; 35 Suppl 2:S69-76. [PMID: 1335936 DOI: 10.1007/bf00586281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Emerging concepts in the aetiology and pathogenesis of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus may offer new opportunities for treatment and cure. Here we describe recent advances in structural molecular biology and molecular design relevant to rational drug discovery. Such approaches focus on the three-dimensional structures of macromolecules and their interactions. In the coming decade such techniques may be applied to a wide variety of diabetes-related targets.
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- T Blundell
- Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
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Inhibition of protein kinases by bis-ATP mimics. Eur J Med Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0223-5234(92)90024-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Doolittle RF. A detailed consideration of a principal domain of vertebrate fibrinogen and its relatives. Protein Sci 1992; 1:1563-77. [PMID: 1304888 PMCID: PMC2142140 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560011204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Vertebrate fibrinogen is a complex multidomained protein, the structure of which has been inferred mainly from electron microscopy and amino acid sequence studies. Among its most prominent features are two terminal globules, moieties that are mostly composed of the carboxyl-terminal two-thirds of the beta and gamma chains. Sequences homologous to the latter segments are found in several other animal proteins, always as the carboxyl-terminal contributions. An alignment of 15 amino acid sequences from various fibrinogens and related proteins has been used to make judgments about secondary structure. The nature of amino acids at each position in the alignment was used to distinguish alpha helices and beta structure on the one hand from loops and turns on the other, and the resulting assignments compared with predictions of secondary structure by other methods. Additionally, constraints imposed by the locations of cystines, carbohydrate attachment residues, and proteinase-sensitive points provided further insights into the general organization of the postulated secondary structures. Other ancillary data, including the effects of bound calcium and the locations of labeled or variant residues, were also considered. An intriguing similarity to a portion of the recently reported structure of a calcium-dependent lectin is noted.
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- R F Doolittle
- Departments of Chemistry and Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0634
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Masiakowski P, Carroll R. A novel family of cell surface receptors with tyrosine kinase-like domain. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)35733-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Toner-Webb J, van Patten S, Walsh D, Taylor S. Autophosphorylation of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74021-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mann SK, Yonemoto WM, Taylor SS, Firtel RA. DdPK3, which plays essential roles during Dictyostelium development, encodes the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:10701-5. [PMID: 1332055 PMCID: PMC50409 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.22.10701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We have previously reported the analysis of DdPK3, a developmentally regulated putative serine/threonine kinase that shares approximately 50% amino acid sequence identity with metazoan cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C, within their catalytic domains. Cells in which the DdPK3 gene has been disrupted do not aggregate but they are able to induce aggregation-stage genes in response to cAMP pulses and the prestalk-specific ras gene DdrasD in response to high continuous levels of cAMP but will not induce prespore gene expression. In this report, we present conclusive evidence that DdPK3 encodes the catalytic subunit of the Dictyostelium PKA. DdPK3 null cells lack kinase activity that phosphorylates a PKA-specific substrate and is specifically inhibitable by recombinant cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor. DdPK3 expressed in Escherichia coli has PKA activity that is inhibitable by protein kinase inhibitor. When Ddpk3 null cells are complemented with DdPK3 expressed from an actin promoter on an extrachromosomal vector (low copy number), PKA activity is restored and the cells proceed to the slug stage but will not culminate, suggesting that properly regulated PKA activity is essential for culmination. Moreover, overexpressing DdPK3 in wild-type cells on integrating vectors (high copy number) from either an actin or prespore-specific promoter results in accelerated development and the ability to form mature spores in monolayer culture in the presence of high cAMP, a developmental potential lacking in wild-type cells.
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- S K Mann
- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0634
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Chan AC, Iwashima M, Turck CW, Weiss A. ZAP-70: a 70 kd protein-tyrosine kinase that associates with the TCR zeta chain. Cell 1992; 71:649-62. [PMID: 1423621 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90598-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 827] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Protein-tyrosine kinases (PTKs) play an integral role in T cell activation. Stimulation of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) results in tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of cellular substrates. One of these is the TCR zeta chain, which can mediate the transduction of extracellular stimuli into cellular effector functions. We have recently identified a 70 kd tyrosine phosphoprotein (ZAP-70) that associates with zeta and undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation following TCR stimulation. Here we report the isolation of a cDNA clone encoding ZAP-70. ZAP-70 represents a novel PTK and is expressed in T and natural killer cells. Moreover, tyrosine phosphorylation and association of ZAP-70 with zeta require the presence of src family PTKs and provide a potential mechanism by which the src family PTKs and ZAP-70 may interact to mediate TCR signal transduction.
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- A C Chan
- Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Friedmann M, Nissen MS, Hoover DS, Reeves R, Magnuson NS. Characterization of the proto-oncogene pim-1: kinase activity and substrate recognition sequence. Arch Biochem Biophys 1992; 298:594-601. [PMID: 1416988 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90454-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The human pim-1 proto-oncogene was expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-fusion protein and the enzymatic properties of its kinase activity were characterized. Likewise, a Pim-1 mutant lacking intrinsic kinase activity was constructed by site-directed mutagenesis (Lys67 to Met) and expressed in E. coli. In vitro assays with the mutant Pim-1 kinase showed no contaminating kinase activity. The wild-type Pim-1 kinase-GST fusion protein showed a pH optimum of 7 to 7.5 and optimal activity was observed at either 10 mM MgCl2 or 5 mM MnCl2. Higher cation concentrations were inhibitory, as was the addition of NaCl to the assays. Previous work by this laboratory assaying several proteins and peptides showed histone H1 and the peptide Kemptide to be efficiently phosphorylated by recombinant Pim-1 kinase. Here we examine the substrate sequence specificity of Pim-1 kinase in detail. Comparison of different synthetic peptide substrates showed Pim-1 to have a strong substrate preference for the peptide Lys-Arg-Arg-Ala-Ser*-Gly-Pro with an almost sixfold higher specificity constant kcat/Km over that of the substrate Kemptide (Leu-Arg-Arg-Ala-Ser*-Leu-Gly). The presence of basic amino acid residues on the amino terminal side of the target Ser/Thr was shown to be essential for peptide substrate recognition. Furthermore, phosphopeptide analysis of calf thymus histone H1 phosphorylated in vitro by Pim-1 kinase resulted in fragments containing sequences similar to that of the preferred synthetic substrate peptide shown above. Therefore, under optimized in vitro conditions, the substrate recognition sequence for Pim-1 kinase is (Arg/Lys)3-X-Ser/Thr*-X', where X' is likely neither a basic nor a large hydrophobic residue.
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- M Friedmann
- Department of Biochemistry, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
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Affiliation(s)
- J J Sando
- Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908
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Jakobi R, Traugh J. Characterization of the phosphotransferase domain of casein kinase II by site-directed mutagenesis and expression in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)35921-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Knighton DR, Pearson RB, Sowadski JM, Means AR, Ten Eyck LF, Taylor SS, Kemp BE. Structural basis of the intrasteric regulation of myosin light chain kinases. Science 1992; 258:130-5. [PMID: 1439761 DOI: 10.1126/science.1439761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase (smMLCK) catalytic core was modeled by using the crystallographic coordinates of the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (cAPK) and a bound pseudosubstrate inhibitor peptide, PKI(5-24). Despite only 30% identity in amino acid sequence, the MLCK sequence can be readily accommodated in this structure. With the exception of the short B-helix, all major elements of secondary structure in the core are very likely conserved. The active site of the modeled MLCK complements the known requirements for peptide substrate recognition. MLCK contains a pseudosubstrate sequence that overlaps the calmodulin binding domain and has been proposed to act as an intrasteric inhibitor and occupy the substrate binding site in the absence of Ca(2+)-calmodulin. The pseudosubstrate sequence can be modeled easily into the entire backbone of PKI(5-24). The results demonstrate that the intrasteric model for regulation of MLCK by intramolecular competitive inhibition is structurally plausible.
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- D R Knighton
- Department of Chemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0654
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- R H Kretsinger
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901
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Fantozzi D, Taylor S, Howard P, Maurer R, Feramisco J, Meinkoth J. Effect of the thermostable protein kinase inhibitor on intracellular localization of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)41857-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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de Wind N, Domen J, Berns A. Herpesviruses encode an unusual protein-serine/threonine kinase which is nonessential for growth in cultured cells. J Virol 1992; 66:5200-9. [PMID: 1323689 PMCID: PMC289072 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.9.5200-5209.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We have performed large-scale random oligonucleotide insertion mutagenesis on a 41-kbp genomic segment derived from the unique long (UL) region of the alphaherpesvirus pseudorabies virus (PRV). This procedure has resulted in the generation of a series of PRV strains, each carrying a single gene whose termination of translation is induced by the inserted oligonucleotide. To relate the genes that were involved in the mutagenization to genes previously identified in herpes simplex virus type 1, the prototype alphaherpesvirus, we have performed cross-hybridization studies. In this way, we have mapped the location of the homolog of a gene which was described to have sequence characteristics of a eukaryotic phosphotransferase. We characterized the phenotype of a mutant PRV strain lacking this putative phosphotransferase also the phenotype of a PRV strain lacking, in addition to the UL-encoded putative phosphotransferase, the protein kinase encoded within the unique short region of the virus. To assess the enzymatic activity of the UL region-encoded phosphotransferase, we expressed the gene transiently in a eukaryotic expression system. Immunoprecipitation of the protein followed by kinase assays and phosphoamino acid analyses revealed protein-serine/threonine kinase activity. Implications of sequence divergence of this protein from classical protein-serine/threonine kinases for kinase structure and function are discussed in view of the recent resolution of the structure of the catalytic domain of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
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- N de Wind
- Division of Molecular Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
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Hiles ID, Otsu M, Volinia S, Fry MJ, Gout I, Dhand R, Panayotou G, Ruiz-Larrea F, Thompson A, Totty NF. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase: structure and expression of the 110 kd catalytic subunit. Cell 1992; 70:419-29. [PMID: 1322797 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90166-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 534] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Purified bovine brain phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (Pl3-kinase) is composed of 85 kd and 110 kd subunits. The 85 kd subunit (p85 alpha) lacks Pl3-kinase activity and acts as an adaptor, coupling the 110 kd subunit (p110) to activated protein tyrosine kinases. Here the characterization of the p110 subunit is presented. cDNA cloning reveals p110 to be a 1068 aa protein related to Vps34p, a S. cerevisiae protein involved in the sorting of proteins to the vacuole. p110 expressed in insect cells possesses Pl3-kinase activity and associates with p85 alpha into an active p85 alpha-p110 complex that binds the activated colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor. p110 expressed in COS-1 cells is catalytically active only when complexed with p85 alpha.
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- I D Hiles
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, England
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Functional dissection of structural domains in the receptor for colony-stimulating factor-1. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42027-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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