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. 1995 Jan 1;305(Pt 1):205–210. doi: 10.1042/bj3050205

Characterization of a winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) protein kinase with calmodulin-like domain: regulation by autophosphorylation.

P Saha 1, M Singh 1
PMCID: PMC1136450  PMID: 7826330

Abstract

A soluble protein kinase purified from winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) shoots, has been assessed as a monomeric enzyme with an approximate M(r) of 60,000 in spite of the presence of two polypeptides of 61 and 58 kDa determined by SDS/PAGE. Immunoblot analyses using either of the two antisera raised individually against the polypeptides, detect both of them in purified preparations and a single larger polypeptide (62 kDa) in freshly prepared tissue homogenates, clearly indicating the likelihood of the doublet being formed from the larger one by proteolysis. Histone H1, syntide 2 and a synthetic myosin light chain-related peptide (MLC-peptide) have been identified as exogenous substrates of the enzyme. Complete Ca(2+)-dependence for substrate phosphorylation, a drastic inhibition of the reaction by a calmodulin (CaM) antagonist which can be partially reversed by a heterologous CaM and direct 45Ca(2+)-binding on blot, form compelling evidence in favour of a CaM-like domain of the enzyme. Both the polypeptides of the purified enzyme undergo intramolecular autophosphorylation on serine residue(s). Unlike the substrate phosphorylation reaction, autophosphorylation is Ca(2+)-independent and is not inhibited by the CaM antagonist. Down-regulation of substrate phosphorylation by auto-phosphorylation, and stimulation of the autophosphorylation by histone H1 and MLC-peptide, are novel regulatory features of the enzyme.

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