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. 1986 Jul;83(13):4759–4763. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.13.4759

Phosphorylation of the rat hepatic polymeric IgA receptor.

J M Larkin, E S Sztul, G E Palade
PMCID: PMC323821  PMID: 3460069

Abstract

In vivo labeling with [35S]cysteine has identified three transmembrane forms of the rat hepatic polymeric IgA receptor: (i) a 105-kDa core glycosylated precursor; (ii) a terminally glycosylated 116-kDa intermediate; and (iii) a mature 120-kDa form. In the current study we show that the 120-kDa form is phosphorylated. After in vivo labeling with [32P]orthophosphate, all receptor forms were immunoprecipitated from hepatic total microsomes (TM) (with an antireceptor antiserum), separated by NaDodSO4/PAGE, and detected by autoradiography. The 120-kDa form was selectively phosphorylated, whereas the 116- and 105-kDa forms incorporated no detectable 32P. To determine the topology of the phosphorylation sites, hepatic TM isolated from rats labeled in vivo with either [35S]cysteine or [32P]orthophosphate were treated with trypsin. TM were solubilized and receptors were immunoprecipitated from lysates. With increasing trypsin concentrations, the [35S]cysteine-labeled receptor triplet was degraded to a trypsin-resistant doublet of approximately 95 and 85 kDa, indicating that approximately 20 kDa was removed from the receptor endodomain by trypsin. The same treatment removed all detectable 32P from labeled receptors. Furthermore, no 32P was detected in the 80-kDa biliary form of the receptor. Serine was identified as the only phosphorylated residue in acid hydrolysates of 32P-labeled immunoprecipitated receptor. These findings indicate that (i) the 120-kDa form is the only phosphorylated species of the receptor; and (ii) the phosphorylated residues are serine(s) located in the endodomain of the protein.

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