Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II: identification of autophosphorylation sites responsible for generation of Ca2+/calmodulin-independence.

作者：Y Lai, Angus C. Nairn, Fred S. Gorelick, Paul Greengard · 发表于：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 年份：1987 · DOI：10.1073/pnas.84.16.5710 · 被引用次数：97 · 研究领域：Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling、Computational Drug Discovery Methods、Enzyme Structure and Function

Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II contains two types of subunit, alpha (Mr 50,000) and beta (Mr 60,000/58,000), both of which undergo Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent autophosphorylation. Autophosphorylation is known to convert the enzyme to a Ca2+/calmodulin-independent form. In the present study, we have characterized the autophosphorylation sites on rat forebrain Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II that are most likely to be responsible for the generation of Ca2+/calmodulin-independence. Under conditions (0 degree C, low concentrations of ATP) sufficient to generate close to maximal Ca2+/calmodulin-independence, only a few of the phosphorylatable sites on the enzyme became phosphorylated. These autophosphorylation sites were examined by phospho amino acid analysis, two-dimensional thermolytic phosphopeptide mapping, and high-performance liquid chromatography. The time course of phosphorylation of threonine in both alpha and beta subunits was similar to the time course of the generation of Ca2+/calmodulin-independence. Moreover, the time course of phosphorylation of one set of peptides, referred to as peptide 1/1', present in both alpha and beta subunits was similar to the time course of the generation of Ca2+/calmodulin-independence. Threonine was the only amino acid phosphorylated in peptide 1/1'. An additional peptide, referred to as peptide 2, was phosphorylated in the beta subunit. The time course of phosphorylation of peptide 2, which also contained only ph...