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Query: EC:2.7.11.1 (protein kinase)
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Transgenic mice with elevated levels of beta-cell calmodulin develop severe diabetes even though pancreatic beta-cells contain reserve levels of insulin. Electron microscopic examination of transgenic pancreas confirmed the presence of abundant insulin secretory granules and failed to reveal obvious morphological abnormalities. These observations suggested that excess calmodulin may specifically impair the secretory process. To directly assess the effect of excess calmodulin on beta-cell function we have isolated pancreatic islets from transgenic animals. Transgenic islets from 6- to 8-day-old mice used 40% less glucose than normal islets and contained 58% of the normal insulin content, 90% of the normal glucagon content, and 5-fold higher levels of calmodulin than islets from control mice of the same age. Parallel perifusions of normal and transgenic islets confirmed that excess calmodulin inhibited glucose-stimulated insulin secretion; first phase secretion was reduced by 60%, and second phase secretion was essentially absent. Static assays were performed to assess the response to other secretagogues. All fuel secretagogues tested were ineffective in stimulating insulin secretion from transgenic islets. Secretion in response to depolarizing levels of potassium was also severely impaired. The phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methyl-xanthine increased transgenic secretion, but not to the level obtained in normal islets. Of the compounds examined, only phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and carbachol, two substances thought to act in beta-cells by stimulation of protein kinase-C, produced equivalent secretion in normal and transgenic islets. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate also appeared to restore second phase secretion in transgenic islets. These results indicate that the initial period of calmodulin-induced diabetes is due to a secretory defect. This defect appears to be distal to membrane depolarization and is selective for the second phase of insulin secretion.
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PMID:Elevated beta-cell calmodulin produces a unique insulin secretory defect in transgenic mice. 137 47

Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a multifunctional serine/threonine protein kinase. We have created a calcium/calmodulin independent form of this enzyme by truncation. Expression of this enzyme fragment in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate yields a constitutive enzyme with specific activity similar to the activated native enzyme. We have established mammalian cell lines that transiently express this constitutive enzyme using the glucocorticoid-inducible mouse mammary tumor virus long terminal repeat. The transient increase in kinase activity results in a complete cessation of cell cycle progression. This block develops as a consequence of a specific arrest of the cell cycle in G2. During the block, increases in histone H1 kinase activity present in p13 beads or anti-cdc2 immunoprecipitates are seen in parallel with the accumulation of cells at G2, arguing that the arrest is not due to a failure to activate cdc2 as a histone H1 kinase. These results suggest that other changes in serine/threonine protein phosphorylation besides those involved in activation of cdc2 as a histone H1 kinase may be necessary for proper G2-M transition.
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PMID:Expression of a constitutive form of calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II leads to arrest of the cell cycle in G2. 137 61

When primary cultured bovine adrenocortical cells were treated with substance P (SP) at concentrations higher than 10 pM, cortisol output increased in a dose-dependent fashion. Although other neurokinins, such as neurokinin A (NKA) and neurokinin B (NKB), were also effective in secreting cortisol, SP was the most potent among the tested neurokinins, the potency order being SP greater than NKA much greater than NKB. This suggests that the NK-1 type receptor on adrenocortical cells may be the site of action of SP on cortisol secretion. The maximal response in SP-induced cortisol secretion was comparable to that elicited by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). SP-induced cortisol secretion was dependent upon extracellular Ca2+ concentrations, and 45Ca2+ uptake into adrenocortical cells treated with SP was long-lasting. While, in the case of ACTH, 45Ca2+ uptake proceeded transiently, the increase in intracellular cAMP content was much greater compared with that of SP. Although KT-5720, an inhibitor of protein kinase A, inhibited potently ACTH-induced cortisol secretion, SP-induced secretin was not affected by this inhibitor at all. On the other hand, calmodulin inhibitors, such as calmidazolium, trifluoperazine and N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide, were not more effective in inhibiting SP-induced cortisol secretion than secretion induced by ACTH. The present study indicates that SP may be one of the physiological stimulants of cortisol secretion and that an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration and the subsequent activation of calmodulin may precede SP-induced cortisol secretion.
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PMID:Cortisol secretion induced by substance P from bovine adrenocortical cells and its inhibition by calmodulin inhibitors. 137 83

We have determined the first genomic structure and characterized the mRNA and protein products of a novel vertebrate gene that encodes a calcium-binding protein with amino acid sequence identity to a protein kinase domain. The elucidation of the complete DNA sequence of this transcription unit and adjacent genomic DNA, Southern blot and polymerase chain reaction analyses of cellular genomic DNA, and examination of mRNA and protein species revealed that the calcium-binding kinase-related protein (KRP)-encoding gene is contained within the gene for a calmodulin-regulated protein kinase, myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK). The KRP gene transcription unit is composed of three exons and a 5'-flanking sequence containing a canonical TATA box motif. The TATA box, the transcription initiation site, and the first 109 nucleotides of the 5' noncoding region of the KRP mRNA correspond to an MLCK gene intron sequence. Both KRP and MLCK are produced in the same adult chicken tissue in relatively high abundance from a single contiguous stretch of genomic DNA and utilize the same reading frame and common exons to produce distinct mRNAs (2.7 and 5.5 kb, respectively) that encode proteins with dissimilar biochemical functions. There appears to be no precedent in vertebrate molecular biology for such a relationship. This may represent a mechanism whereby functional diversity can be achieved within the same vertebrate tissue by use of common exons to produce shuffled domains with identical amino acid sequences in different molecular contexts.
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PMID:Structure and expression of a calcium-binding protein gene contained within a calmodulin-regulated protein kinase gene. 137 15

Nitric oxide (NO) is an important molecular messenger accounting for endothelial-derived relaxing activity in blood vessels, mediating cytotoxic actions of macrophages, and functioning as a neurotransmitter in the brain and periphery. NO synthase (NOS) from brain has been purified to homogeneity and molecularly cloned. We now report that NOS is stoichiometrically phosphorylated by cAMP dependent protein kinase, protein kinase C, and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, with each kinase phosphorylating a different serine site on NOS. Activation of PKC in transfected cells reduces NOS enzyme activity by approximately 77% in intact cells and by 50% in protein homogenates from these cells. Utilizing fluorescence spectroscopy we find that purified monomer NOS contains 1 molar equivalent of both FMN and FAD. This stoichiometry is supported by enzymatic digestion of the flavins with phosphodiesterase, and titration of the FMN with a specific FMN binding protein. We demonstrate that purified NOS is labeled by a photoaffinity derivative of calmodulin. These recognition sites on NOS provide multiple means for regulation of NO levels and "cross-talk" between second messenger systems.
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PMID:Nitric oxide synthase regulatory sites. Phosphorylation by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, protein kinase C, and calcium/calmodulin protein kinase; identification of flavin and calmodulin binding sites. 137 33

A putative protein kinase gene (PfPK2) has been isolated from the human parasite Plasmodium falciparum by using a mixed oligonucleotide pool which corresponds to a highly conserved region of serine/threonine protein kinases. The complete nucleotide sequence of 5 kb suggests the existence of a second transcriptional unit besides that of the PfPK2 gene, separated by a highly (A+T)-rich region and transcribed in a different orientation. No intron sequence exists in PfPK2. The predicted amino acid sequence of PfPK2 contains features characteristic of eukaryotic serine/threonine protein kinases. Within its putative catalytic domain it shares 33%, 30%, and 28% amino acid identities with rat calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, human protein kinase C, and bovine cAMP-dependent protein kinase, respectively. Outside the catalytic domain, however, PfPK2 has no homology with regulatory domains of other protein kinases, indicating PfPK2 might be modulated by signals different from those of higher eukaryotes or might be associated with other regulatory subunits. Using a specific antiserum raised in rabbits against a recombinant fragment of the protein expressed in Escherichia coli, PfPK2 was found to be expressed in a stage-specific fashion and mainly localized in the parasitic membrane.
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PMID:Molecular cloning, stage-specific expression and cellular distribution of a putative protein kinase from Plasmodium falciparum. 137 3

Epithelial cells utilize at least two types of apical Cl- channels, the cAMP-activated cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent Cl- channel. While phorbal ester (PMA) activates only CFTR-dependent Cl- secretion and the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 only the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent Cl- secretion, PMA and A23187 share the ability to down-regulate expression of the CFTR gene at the transcriptional level. Since both PMA and A23187 can activate protein kinases, we hypothesized that protein kinase pathways may be involved in the regulation of CFTR gene expression. Exposure of HT-29 human colon carcinoma cells to the protein kinase C activator SC9 down-regulated CFTR mRNA levels in a dose-dependent fashion, similar to that seen with PMA. The reduction in CFTR transcript levels by SC9 and PMA was blocked by H7, an inhibitor of protein kinases. In a similar fashion, the down-regulation of CFTR transcript levels by A23187 was blocked by H7 as well as staurosporine, another protein kinase inhibitor. Interestingly, both H7 and staurosporine themselves increased CFTR mRNA levels. Quantification of CFTR gene transcription rate showed a reduction by SC9 (similar to that with PMA and A23187) that was prevented by H7 and that H7 by itself increased CFTR transcription. Together, these observations suggest that protein kinase pathways, likely including protein kinase C, are involved in the regulation of CFTR gene expression, with activation or inhibition of protein kinase activity down-regulating or up-regulating CFTR gene expression, respectively.
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PMID:Expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene can be regulated by protein kinase C. 137 89

NO synthase (NOS) catalyzes the oxidation of L-arginine to L-citrulline and nitric oxide (NO) or a NO-releasing compound. At least three isoforms of NOS exist (types I-III). The activities of the type I isoform purified from brain and the type III isoform purified from endothelial cells are regulated by the intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and the Ca(2+)-binding protein calmodulin. At resting [Ca2+]i, both isozymes are inactive; they become fully active at [Ca2+]i greater than or equal to 500 nM Ca2+. Longer lasting increases in [Ca2+]i may downregulate NO formation, for in vitro phosphorylation by Ca2+/calmodulin protein kinase II decreases the Vmax of NOS. Besides the conversion of L-arginine, type I NOS, Ca2+/calmodulin dependently, generates H2O2 and reduces cytochrome c/P450. Other redox activities, i.e. the reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium to diformazan (NADPH-diaphorase) or of quinoid-dihydrobiopterin to tetrahydrobiopterin, by NOS appear to be Ca2+/calmodulin-independent.
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PMID:Ca2+/calmodulin-regulated nitric oxide synthases. 138 Apr 5

In order to clarify the mechanism of substance P (SP)-induced cortisol secretion from bovine adrenocortical (BAC) cells, protein synthesis at the early stage of SP-stimulation in BAC cells was investigated. Both SP and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) increased [3H]leucine uptake into BAC cells in a dose-dependent fashion. Although the SP-induced [3H]leucine uptake precedes the cortisol secretion, ACTH was slower in inducing [3H]leucine uptake and cortisol secretion. Protein synthesis inhibitors, actinomycin D and cycloheximide, were potent in inhibiting the SP-induced cortisol secretion. SDS-PAGE analysis, revealed that a 240 kDa protein is newly synthesized in BAC cells in response to SP but not ACTH. It was also indicated that the production of this 240 kDa protein was elicited about 30 min after stimulation by SP. Moreover, A23187 and 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) also caused a rapid [3H]leucine uptake and production of 240 kDa protein. In contrast, dibutyryl cAMP did not induce the synthesis of this 240 kDa protein. Calmidazolium, a calmodulin inhibitor, effectively inhibited not only [3H]leucine uptake but also 240 kDa protein production due to SP. On the other hand, KT-5720, an inhibitor of protein kinase A, had no effect on [3H]leucine uptake or 240 kDa production. Using the [125I]calmodulin-membrane overlay method, it was found that the 240 kDa protein was a newly synthesized calmodulin binding protein. From the present study, it was concluded that the de novo synthesis of this 240 kDa protein may be intimately related to the cortisol secretion in SP-stimulated BAC cells associated with an activation of the Ca-calmodulin pathway.
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PMID:de novo synthesis of calmodulin binding protein in substance P-induced steroidogenesis in bovine adrenocortical cells. 138

Signal transduction in the nervous system is heavily dependent on the three multifunctional serine/threonine protein kinases, PKA, PKC, and CaM-KII. Recent studies have furthered our understanding of how the multiple isoforms of these kinases and their subcellular localizations, regulatory properties, and substrate determinants are important for the specificity of kinase functions.
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PMID:Serine/threonine protein kinases. 138 43


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