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. 1991 May 1;275(Pt 3):679–684. doi: 10.1042/bj2750679

Activation of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase activity by a monoclonal antibody which recognizes the calmodulin-binding region.

Y Araki 1, M Ikebe 1
PMCID: PMC1150108  PMID: 1710106

Abstract

The regulatory domain of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) was studied using monoclonal antibodies. Of the 22 monoclonal antibodies tested, a monoclonal antibody designated LKH-18 was found to activate MLCK in the absence of Ca2+/calmodulin. This activation was even greater when an Fab fragment of LKH-18 was used. Consequently, the actin-dependent smooth muscle myosin ATPase activity and the superprecipitation of actomyosin were significantly activated by MLCK plus LKH-18, even in the absence of Ca2+/calmodulin. The antibody-binding site was studied using proteolytic fragments and synthetic peptide analogues of MLCK. Immunoblot analysis revealed that LKH-18 reacted with the 66 kDa calmodulin-dependent active fragment but not with the 64 kDa inactive fragment or with the 61 kDa calmodulin-independent active fragment. Furthermore, LKH-18 reacted with MLCK-(796-815)-peptide but not with MLCK-(786-801)-peptide or with MLCK-(796-807)-peptide. Therefore the LKH-18-binding site was assigned to amino acid residues 808-815 of MLCK, which are thought to be a part of the calmodulin-binding site. The present results suggest that the binding of ligand to this region induces a conformation change in MLCK and that this abolishes the action of the inhibitory region which exists next to the N-terminal side of the calmodulin-binding site.

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