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Query: EC:2.7.11.1 (protein kinase)
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A protein kinase which phosphorylates the 20 000-dalton light chain of platelet myosin has been isolated from human blood platelets and purified approximately 600-fold. Elution of a 7.5% polyacrylamide gel following electrophoresis of the partially purified enzyme yielded a single peak of kinase activity which could be aligned with a protein band on a stained gel. Assuming a globular shape, a native molecular weight of 83 000 (+/- 10%) was determined by gel filtration on Bio-Gel P-200. The kinase requires Mg2+ for activity and is not sensitive to the removal of trace Ca2+. The enzyme purified from human platelets phosphorylates the 20 000-dalton light chain of mouse fibroblast and chicken gizzard myosin, but does not phosphorylate human skeletal and cardiac myosin.
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PMID:Isolation and properties of platelet myosin light chain kinase. 13 87

Myosin has been isolated from baby hamster kidney cells (BHK21/C13) in high yield and characterized biochemically and immunologically. The subunit composition consists of 2 heavy chains, approximately 200,000 Daltons each, and 2 classes of light chains of approximately 16,000 and 20,000 Daltons. The myosin exhibits ATPase activity in the presence of K+-EDTA or Ca2+ but very little activity with Mg2+-ATP. The Mg2+-ATPase activity is stimulated only about 2-fold by skeletal actin, but a much larger activation is obtained in the presence of a protein kinase isolated from chicken gizzard. The increase in actin activation is accompained by the phosphorylation of the 20,000-Dalton light chain. BHK21 myosin is insoluble at low ionic strength and forms typical biopolar thick filaments. A specific antiserum generated against this protein forms a single precipitin line with the antigen but does not crossreact with either skeletal or smooth muscle myosin. The antiserum also specifically stains stress fibres in BHK21 cells as shown by indirect immunofluorescence.
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PMID:BHK21 myosin: isolation, biochemical characterization and intracellular localization. 14 98

A bovine cardiac actin-tropomyosin-troponin complex was phosphorylated in the presence of [gamma-32P]ATP, Mg2+, adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP), and bovine cardiac cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase. Approximately 81% of the [32P]phosphate incorporated was identified as phosphoserine and phosphothreonine. Gel electrophoresis studies showed that 55% of the [32P]phosphate was associated with the inhibitory component of troponin (Tn-I) and 24% with a protein resembling the tropomyosin-binding component of troponin in the actin complex, respectively. The phosphorylation of Tn-I in the actin complex was inhibited 30% when Ca2+ was increased from 0.1 to 50 muM, but phosphorylation of other components was not affected by increasing Ca2+ concentration. Half-maximal calcium activation of the ATPase activity of reconstituted actomyosins made with the [32P]phosphorylated cardiac actin complex and cardiac myosin was shifted to Ca2+ values higher than those of actomyosins made with the nonphosphorylated actin complex.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of a bovine cardiac actin complex. 15 2

One of the low molecular weight components of myosin, g2, was isolated by alkali treatment of myosin and was chemically modified with a spin label reagent, 4-maleimido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinooxyl. The label on g2 showed a rather weakly immobilized ESR spectrum and it was clearly affected by Ca2+; the half-maximal change was at around pCa 4. The spin-labeled g2 was incorporated into myosin by exchange with the intrinsic g2 of myosin in 0.6 M KSCN or 4 M LiC1. The label on g2 became strongly immobilized on association with myosin. Under the conditions used, ESR spectral change due to Ca2+ occurred at two different concentration ranges, which were as low as pCa 8 and at around pCa 4. Phosphorylated g2 was isolated from myosin after the protein kinase [EC 2.1.1.37]-catalyzed phosphorylation of myosin and it was also modified with the maleimide label. Dephosphorylation of the phosphorylated g2 was performed using E. coli alkaline phosphatase [EC 3.1.3.1]. The effects of Ca2+ on the ESR spectra of phosphorylated and dephosphorylated g2 were investigated on the state associated with myosin. A change in the ESR spectrum from strongly immobilized to weakly immobilized states was observed with both g2 chains on the addition of Ca2+. However, the effective concentration ranges of Ca2+ were quite different; around pCa 4 for the phosphorylated g2 and around pCa 8 for the dephosphorylated g2. The results indicate that g2 undergoes a conformational change at physiological levels of Ca2+ sufficient to saturate troponin, but it does not do so after phosphorylation.
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PMID:Ca2+-induced conformational changes of spin-labeled g2 chain bound to myosin and the effect of phosphorylation. 18 78

A protein kinase which depends on the simultaneous presence of Ca2+ and the modulator protein for its histone phosphorylation activity has been demonstrated in rabbit skeletal muscle and partially purified. The purified enzyme was not activated by cAMP, cGMP, or incubation with trypsin. Nor was the enzyme inhibited by the protein inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. In addition to histone, myosin light chains and phosphorylase kinase served as substrates for the protein kinase, and their phosphorylation also depended on the presence of Ca2+ and the modulator protein. The phosphorylation of phosphorylase kinase was accompanied with a marked activation of the enzyme. The results suggest that the protein kinase has multiple functions and may be involved in the mediation of Ca2+ effects in many biological processes. It is proposed that this enzyme be designated as the modulator-dependent protein kinase. The modulator-dependent protein kinase may be identical to the myosin light chain kinase; chicken gizzard light chain kinase has been shown activatable by the modulator protein (Dabrowska, R., Sherry, J. M. F., Aramatorio, D. K., and Hartshorne, D. J. (1978) Biochemistry 17, 253-258).
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PMID:The modulator-dependent protein kinase. A multifunctional protein kinase activatable by the Ca2+-dependent modulator protein of the cyclic nucleotide system. 20 40

Turkey gizzard smooth muscle light chain kinase was purified by affinity chromatography on calcium dependent regulator weight of 125,000 +/- 5,000 in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. When myosin light chain kinase is incubated with the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, 1 mol of phosphate is incorporated per mol of myosin kinase. Brief tryptic digestion of the 32P-labeled myosin kinase liberates a single radioactive peptide with a molecular weight of approximately 22,000. Phosphorylation of myosin kinase results in a 2-fold decrease in the rate at which the enzyme phosphorylates the 20,000-dalton light chain of smooth muscle myosin. These results suggest that cyclic AMP has a direct effect on actin-myosin interaction in smooth muscle.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase by the catalytic subunit of adenosine 3': 5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase. 21 32

Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation of the myosin light chains in bovine aortic native actomyosin is markedly depressed in the presence of cyclic AMP and its dependent protein kinase. This inhibition occurs with either cardiac, skeletal, or aortic protein kinase plus cyclic AMP, while little or no inhibition occurs with either cyclic AMP or protein kinase alone. The extent of inhibition is related to the concentration of protein kinase and approaches a maximum of approximately 50%. Concomitant with the inhibition of myosin light chain phosphorylation is (a) an increased phosphorylation of a 100,000-dalton moiety which possibly corresponds to the myosin light chain kinase present in the native actomyosin preparation and (b) a decrease in the actomyosin Mg2+-ATPase activity. These findings suggest that modulation of actin-myosin interactions by the cAMP system directly at the level of the contractile proteins may represent a mechanism by which beta adrenergic relaxation occurs in mammalian vascular smooth muscle.
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PMID:Adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-mediated inhibition of myosin light chain phosphorylation in bovine aortic actomyosin. 22 48

Caclium initiates smooth muscle contraction by activating an enzyme, myosin light chain kinase. This enzyme catalyzes the transfer of phosphate from adenosine triphosphate to the 20,000 dalton light chain of myosin. In its phosphorylated form myosin interacts with actin to produce muscle contraction. The mechanism by which calcium activates myosin kinase requires (1) the binding of calcium to a 16,500 dalton calcium-binding protein (calmodulin), and (2) the binding of calmodulin-calcium to a 125,000 dalton catalytic subunit. This two protein complex is the active form of myosin light chain kinase. Smooth muscle relaxation is mediated by cyclic adenosine 3':5' monophosphate (cyclic AMP). One nechanism by which the latter may exert a direct effect on actin-myosin interaction is through the activation of a cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase that can phosphorylate the 125,000 dalton component of myosin light chain kinase. Phosphorylation of myosin light chain kinase decreases the activity of the enzyme, thus favoring the unphosphorylated form of myosin, which cannot interact with actin to produce smooth muscle contraction.
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PMID:Role of calcium and cyclic adenosine 3':5' monophosphate in regulating smooth muscle contraction. Mechanisms of excitation-contraction coupling in smooth muscle. 22 62

Myosin light chain kinase, which is located primarily in the soluble fraction of bovine myocardium, has been isolated and purified approximately 1200-fold with 16% yield by a three-step procedure. The approximate content of soluble myosin light chain kinase in heart is calculated to be 0.63 microM. The isolated kinase is active only as a ternary complex consisting of the kinase, calmodulin, and Ca2+; the apparent Kd for calmodulin is 1.3 nM. The enzyme also exhibits a requirement for Mg2+ ions. Myosin light chain kinase is a monomeric enzyme with Mr = 85,000. The enzyme exhibits a Km for ATP of 175 microM, and a K0.5 for the regulatory light chain of cardiac myosin of 21 microM. The optimum pH is 8.1. Kinase activity is specific for the regulatory light chain of myosin. The specific activity of the isolated enzyme (30 nmol 32P/min/mg of protein) is considerably less than and corresponding values reported for the skeletal and smooth muscle light chain kinases. This is probably due to proteolysis during extraction of the myocardium, a phenomenon which has, as yet, proven impossible to eliminate. In contrast to the smooth muscle enzyme (Adelstein, R.S., Conti, M.A., Hathaway, D.R., and Klee, C.B. (1978) J. Biol. Chem. 253, 8347-8350), the cardiac kinase is not phosphorylated by the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of bovine cardiac calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase. 50 Jul 1

1. A procedure is described for the isolation of myosin light-chain kinase from rabbit fast skeletal muscle as a homogeneous protein. 2. Myosin light-chain kinase is a monomeric enzyme of mol.wt. 77000. Under some conditions of storage it is converted into components of mol.wts. about 50000 and 30000 that possess enzymic activity. 3. The enzyme is clearly different in structure and properties from any other protein kinase so far isolated from muscle. 4. The enzyme is highly specific for the P-light chain (18000-20000-dalton light chain) of myosin and requires Ca2+ for activity. 5. The P-light chain is phosphorylated at a similar rate whether isolated or associated with the rest of the myosin molecule. 6. The effects of pH, bivalent cation and other nucleotides on the enzymic activity are described. 7. The role of the phosphorylation of the P-light chain of myosin in muscle function is discussed.
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PMID:Purification and properties of myosin light-chain kinase from fast skeletal muscle. 58 45


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