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Several in vitro properties of partially purified form II RNA polymerase from Drosophila melanogaster embryo nuclei are described. The enzyme preparation is free from contaminating RNase, protein kinase, and polyphosphate kinase activities and can be used to study the incorporation of gamma-32P-labeled nucleoside triphosphates. The enzyme exhibits a biphasic heat inactivation pattern which is probably related to differential lability of its two subforms. However, a considerable protection against heat inactivation is provided by the nucleoside triphosphates present in the in vitro reaction system such that the enzyme catalyzes RNA synthesis in a nearly linear mode for over 2 hr at 30 C. Two initiation inhibitors, rifamycin AF/013 was found unsuitable for critical studies because of the high concentrations necessary for total inhibition (200 micrograms/ml) and particularly because of the obligate use of solvents which secondarily have a destabilizing effect on native DNA. Poly[I] was found to effectively block initiation at very low concentrations (1 microgram/ml). The enzyme rapidly forms poly[I]-resistant preinitiation complexes on both double- and single-stranded DNA. These complexes decay with a half-life of 2.5--3 min. RNA synthesis from poly[I]-resistant complexes amounts to 10% of the total potential synthesis on both double- and single-stranded DNA. Enzyme-DNA saturation experiments indicate that the form II enzyme discriminates two types of sites on Drosophila DNA, tight binding and weak binding, from which RNA synthesis proceeds slowly and rapidly, respectively. The tight-binding sites appear to be analogous to those sites with which the enzyme is able to form poly[I]-resistant complexes.
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PMID:Form II DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Drosophila melanogaster: general in vitro catalytic properties and template interactions. 11 Mar 17

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is phosphorylated to a high stoichiometry on tyrosine residues both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, tyrosine phosphorylation has been shown to regulate the functional properties of the receptor. We report here the purification and characterization of a protein tyrosine phosphatase that dephosphorylates tyrosine-phosphorylated nAChR from Torpedo electroplax, a tissue highly enriched in the nAChR. The 32P-labeled tyrosine phosphorylated nAChR was used as a substrate to monitor the enzyme activity during purification. The protein tyrosine phosphatase activity was purified using three consecutive cation-exchange columns (phosphocellulose, S Sepharose Fast Flow, Bio-Rex 70), followed by two affinity matrices (p-aminobenzylphosphonic acid-agarose and thiophosphotyrosyl nAChR-Sepharose 4B). The enzyme activity was purified to homogeneity, with an overall purification of 25,000-fold and a yield of 20%. The purified enzyme had an apparent molecular mass of 43 kDa on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and migrated as a monomer during Superose 12 chromatography. It had a neutral pH optimum and a specific activity of 18 mumol/mg of protein/min, with a Km of 4.7 microM for tyrosine-phosphorylated nAChR. The phosphatase was specific for tyrosine phosphorylated nAChR; it showed no activity towards the nAChR phosphorylated on serine residues by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The enzyme also dephosphorylated 32P-labeled poly(Glu-Tyr) (4:1). However, it did not dephosphorylate p-nitrophenylphosphate. The tyrosine phosphatase was inhibited by ammonium molybdate (IC50 of 2 microM), sodium vanadate (IC50 of 150 microM) and the divalent cations Mg2+, Mn2+, and Ca2+ at millimolar concentrations, but not by 100 microM ZnCl or 10 mM NaF. Poly-(Glu, Tyr) (4:1) and heparin inhibited the enzyme activity at micromolar concentrations. These unique properties of the purified enzyme suggest that it may be a novel protein tyrosine phosphatase that specifically dephosphorylates the nAChR.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a protein tyrosine phosphatase which dephosphorylates the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. 165 33

Poly[15(IPGVG),(RGYSLG)], where RGYSLG is a protein kinase site, was synthesized. On raising the temperature of a 5 mg/ml solution, this polypeptide undergoes an inverse temperature transition at 18 degrees C in which it folds into a contracted state by optimizing intramolecular hydrophobic interactions. Averaging the data of five experiments, phosphorylation by means of a 3':5' cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase to the extent of one phosphate in 360 residues raises the temperature of the folding transition to 32 degrees C. The shift is completely reversed on dephosphorylation by alkaline phosphatase. Phosphorylation is hereby shown to be the most potent chemical perturbation known for shifting the temperature of an inverse temperature transition, which has been shown to be an efficient mechanism for achieving chemomechanical transduction (mechanochemical coupling).
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PMID:Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation modulation of an inverse temperature transition. 185 15

Acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) receptor was purified from plasma membranes of bovine liver using Triton X-100 extraction, wheat germ lectin-Sepharose 4B gel affinity chromatography, and DEAE-cellulose anion-exchange chromatography. As previously reported for the aFGF receptor in murine fibroblasts (Huang, S. S., and Huang, J. S. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 9568-9571), the purified aFGF receptor was also found to be a 135-kDa glycoprotein which showed an intrinsic and ligand-stimulated autophosphorylation activity. The 32P-labeled aFGF receptor was specifically immunoprecipitated by anti-FGF receptor (anti-flg/bek/cek gene product) antiserum. In contrast to other growth factor receptors/protein tyrosine kinases, the protein tyrosine kinase activity (autophosphorylation) of the aFGF receptor was stimulated (approximately 1.5-fold) by low concentrations of Mn2+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ (optimal concentrations of approximately 0.1, approximately 0.1, and 1 microM, respectively) but inhibited by higher concentrations of Mn2+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and pyrophosphate (greater than or equal to 20, greater than or equal to 50, greater than or equal to 10, and greater than or equal to 100 microM, respectively). However, addition of Mn2+ and pyrophosphate at a ratio of 1:1 not only reversed the inhibitory effect but also enhanced the kinase activity about 3-4-fold. The apparent Km of ATP for intrinsic and ligand-stimulated protein kinase activity of the aFGF receptor was estimated to be 25 microM. The preferred exogenous substrates for the protein tyrosine kinase activity of the aFGF receptor were found to be myelin basic protein and histone. Poly-L-arginine, an inhibitor for aFGF binding to the receptor, appeared to stimulate the mitogenesis or cell growth of responsive cells by mimicking aFGF activity.
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PMID:Acidic fibroblast growth factor receptor purified from bovine liver is a novel protein tyrosine kinase. 216 90

Eye lens extracts of the frog Rana temporaria contain a cAMP-independent protein kinase which is quantitatively adsorbed on immobilized RNA at physiological salt concentrations. The enzyme activity is maximal in the lenticular cortex, medium in the epithelium and minimal in the lens nuclei. Crude preparations of RNA-binding protein kinase from the epithelium, cortex and nuclei of the eye lens were prepared by affinity chromatography on poly(U)-Sepharose. It was found that these preparations contain no active forms of phosphatases, ATPases or proteases which may interfere with the results of phosphorylation experiments on exogenous and endogenous substrates. The protein kinase under study catalyzes the binding of phosphate groups to threonine and serine residues in casein molecules, does not phosphorylate histones and utilizes GTP alongside with ATP as phosphate donors. Heparin and RNA used at low concentrations inhibit the protein kinase activity. The data obtained allow the identification of lenticular RNA-binding protein kinase(s) as a casein kinase type II. It was shown that incubation of RNA-binding proteins from epithelium and lenticular cortex with [gamma-32P]ATP results in the label incorporation into six to seven polypeptide chains with Mr of 27-130 kDa. Poly(U) and heparin inhibit the self-phosphorylation reaction, cAMP has no stimulating effect on this process, while Ca2+ ions inhibit the self-phosphorylation of RNA-binding proteins.
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PMID:[cAMP-independent protein kinase from amphibian lens: identification, organ distribution and substrates of phosphorylation]. 235 21

Three distinct clones encoding full-length 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (PFK-2)/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase-2) were characterized from a rat liver cDNA library. Clone 22c was 1859 bp long and coded for the 470 amino acids of the bifunctional subunit of the liver homodimer. This polypeptide is phosphorylated on serine 32 by cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase. Clone 4c (2681 bp) had a coding region identical to that of clone 22c but it included a putative intron of 959 bp. In clone 5c (1750 bp), the sequence upstream from amino acid 33 differed from that in clone 22c and coded for a unique N-terminal portion of 10 amino acids. Poly(A)-rich RNA from rat tissues was hybridized with cDNA probes corresponding to the unique N-terminal portions of clones 22c and 5c. Dot and Northern blots showed signals indicative of three distinct PFK-2/FBPase-2 mRNAs. There were a 6.8-kb mRNA typical of cardiac tissue, a 2.1-kb mRNA typical of liver, corresponding to clone 22c, and a 1.9-kb mRNA typical of skeletal muscle, corresponding to clone 5c. Primer extension analysis showed that clones 22c and 5c were nearly complete since their respective 5'-untranslated sequences were at most 96/97 bp and 44 bp shorter than the corresponding mRNAs. These data provide a molecular basis for the existence of PFK-2/FBPase-2 isozymes.
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PMID:Characterization of distinct mRNAs coding for putative isozymes of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. 254 11

Since the studies on tyrosine phosphorylation of calmodulin by the insulin receptor kinase in vitro suggested that protamine and poly(L-lysine) may activate phosphorylation of the receptor beta subunit [Sacks & McDonald (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 2377-2383], we examined the effects of a variety of basic polycations/proteins and polyamines on insulin receptor kinase activity. The insulin receptor purified from human placental membranes was incubated with each basic polycation/protein or polyamine and assayed for tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity by measuring 32P incorporation into the src-related peptide. At a concentration of 1 microM, poly(L-lysine) and poly(L-ornithine) markedly stimulated kinase activity, whereas poly(L-arginine) and histones H1 and H2B inhibited insulin receptor kinase. In contrast, at a concentration of 1 mM, three polyamines (spermine, spermidine and putrescine) did not alter kinase activity. Poly(L-lysine) and poly(L-ornithine) stimulated the insulin receptor kinase by 5-10-fold at concentrations of 0.1-1 microM. Protamine sulphate also showed a significant stimulatory effect at a concentration of 100 microM. Preincubation of the receptor with poly(L-lysine) or poly(L-ornithine) for 20-60 min resulted in maximal kinase activation. Poly(L-lysine), the most effective activator of the receptor kinase, was used to characterize further the mechanisms of the kinase activation. Poly(L-lysine) activates the insulin receptor kinase by increasing the Vmax. without changing the Km. Poly(L-lysine) markedly stimulates the kinase activity of insulin receptor preparations that have lost both basal kinase activity and the ability to be stimulated by insulin. Insulin and poly(L-lysine) also differed in their ability to stimulate the kinase activity of prephosphorylated receptors. Prephosphorylation of the receptors did not affect the stimulation of the kinase by insulin. In contrast, prephosphorylation of receptors resulted in a markedly enhanced ability of poly(L-lysine) to stimulate kinase activity. These studies suggest that the mechanisms by which poly(L-lysine) and insulin activate the kinase are different. In conjunction with other additional evidence, it is suggested that poly(L-lysine) interacts directly with the beta-subunit of the receptor, thereby activating the receptor kinase.
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PMID:Effect of basic polycations and proteins on purified insulin receptor. Insulin-independent activation of the receptor tyrosine-specific protein kinase by poly(L-lysine). 255 12

Aggregation and autophosphorylation of the insulin receptor-protein kinase, from cultured 3T3-L1 adipocytes, were studied in the presence of cationic polyamino acids. Poly-L-lysine and poly-L-arginine produced the following effects with the purified receptor: first, the autophosphorylation rate was increased by polycations. Half-maximal stimulation was proportional to polymer length. The rate enhancement was greater at lower ATP concentrations. Second, near-endpoint (equilibrium) autophosphorylation was greater in the presence of the polycations. Polycations inhibited the reverse reaction: ADP + phosphoreceptor yielding ATP + aporeceptor. Third, the [32P]phosphopeptides generated by trypsin digestion of the 32P-beta-subunit, showed that no new autophosphorylation sites resulted from the presence of polycations. Fourth, the polycations, but not insulin, promoted receptor aggregation, and phosphoreceptor aggregated more readily than aporeceptor. Insulin receptor enriched through the wheat germ agglutinin eluate step was compared with purified receptor. Higher concentrations of poly-L-arginine were required to stimulate autophosphorylation and to promote aggregation. Finally, several polycation-dependent substrates present in the wheat germ agglutinin eluate co-aggregated with the insulin receptor. Polycation-stimulated receptor autophosphorylation is linked to a lower KM,app for ATP, but substrate phosphorylation may require the aggregation.
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PMID:Insulin receptor aggregation and autophosphorylation in the presence of cationic polyamino acids. 259 62

Protein-kinase activities in rabbit ciliary process tissue were characterized and quantitated using histone, casein, and myosin light chain as substrates. At least four different protein-kinase activities were separated and identified in the supernatant (soluble) and in the particulate fraction using DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography. Typical activities of the protein kinases in ciliary processes dissected from one eye were as follows: in the supernatant fraction; protein kinase C, 185.0 pmol min-1; cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase type II, 34.0 pmol min-1; casein kinase type II, 85.1 pmol min-1; protein kinase M, 9.8 pmol min-1: in the particulate fraction; protein kinase C, 55.1 pmol min-1; cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase type II, 12.5 pmol min-1; casein kinase type II, 13.4 pmol min-1, and protein kinase M, 5.5 pmol min-1. No cyclic GMP-dependent and no calmodulin-dependent protein-kinase activities were detectable using histone, casein or myosin light chain as substrates. The apparent molecular weight of protein kinase C as estimated by exclusion chromatography on a column of Sephadex G-200 was about 90,000. Inhibitory and stimulatory effects of recently synthesized isoquinolinesulfonamide derivatives (H-7 and H-8), heparin, and polylysine were studied in ciliary process protein kinases. H-7 and H-8 were potent inhibitors of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, protein kinase C and protein kinase M, (IC50 less than 10 microM) but had no inhibitory effects on casein kinase. Heparin at 4 micrograms ml-1 inhibited casein kinase activity almost completely without affecting cyclic AMP-dependent or protein kinase C activities. Poly D- or L-lysine were both found to activate (approximately double) casein kinase activity at 40 micrograms ml-1, but did not significantly activate cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase or protein kinase C. These results provide basic information on the protein kinase enzymes in the ciliary process and show that protein kinase C is the major kinase in this tissue. This suggests a possible role of the Ca2+ and protein kinase C system in transport functions of ciliary processes and in the regulatory mechanism of aqueous-humor formation additional to the already established importance of the cyclic AMP-dependent protein-kinase enzyme.
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PMID:Analysis of protein kinase activities in rabbit ciliary processes: identification and characterization using exogenous substrates. 347 66

A cDNA clone for the type I regulatory subunit (RI) of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37) was isolated from bovine testis by a differential screening method. mRNA coding for RI was enriched 50- to 100-fold by polysome immunoadsorption chromatography with affinity-purified rabbit anti-RI and protein A-Sepharose. Poly(A)+ RNA from these polysomes was utilized to construct a cDNA library in pBR322, and this library was screened for hybridization to 32P-labeled cDNAs synthesized from either total or RI-enriched poly(A)+ RNA. Plasmids isolated from colonies showing preferential hybridization to the latter probe were further characterized by hybrid selection and DNA sequence analysis. One of these plasmids (designated 62C12) contains a 1,350-nucleotide insert that hybridized to RI mRNA; partial nucleotide sequence analysis confirmed its identity and indicated that it may contain the entire RI coding region. We also have identified a recombinant plasmid with a 1,550-nucleotide insert that selected through hybridization a mRNA coding for a 55,000-dalton protein that crossreacts with anti-RI antibodies. The function of this latter protein is unknown.
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PMID:Isolation of a cDNA clone for the type I regulatory subunit of bovine cAMP-dependent protein kinase. 619 Jan 78


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