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Query: EC:2.7.11.11 (AMPK)
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Studies involving 32P labeling and wet ashing of isolated dynein reveal that isolated dynein contains approximately 6 mol of phosphate predominantly distributed over four polypeptides of molecular masses of 78, 76, 47, and 23 kDa. Dynein must, therefore, be phosphorylated to at least this extent in vivo. The catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and an axonemal cAMP-dependent protein kinase contaminating the dynein preparation can further phosphorylate dynein in vitro. Each kinase can place up to 0.5 mol of phosphate on native dynein polypeptides of molecular masses of 78 and 34 kDa. Removal of two of the phosphates on isolated dynein by either acid or alkaline phosphatase results in a 28% decrease in the specific activity of dynein in the presence or absence of microtubules. Selective attenuation of the microtubule-activated ATPase, but not the uncoupled free dynein ATPase, would be indicative of a regulatory function of the phosphates. The in vivo regulation of the dynein ATPase by the two phosphates accessible to acid or alkaline phosphatase is therefore subject to question. Other phosphates on dynein must be examined for their effect on the microtubule-dynein cross-bridge cycle and motility before phosphorylation can definitively be established as a mode of dynein regulation.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of Tetrahymena 22 S dynein. 214 71

We have reported previously (Horowitz, J. A., Toeg, H., and Orr, G. A. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 832-838) that most of the type II cAMP-dependent protein kinases in rat sperm are associated with the flagellum. We have now identified flagellar polypeptides which are capable of forming tight complexes with the regulatory subunit of type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase (RII). Flagellar RII-binding polypeptides were identified using an RII overlay/immunoblot procedure and had apparent subunit Mr of 120,000, 80,000, and 57,000 in rat and 120,000 and 57,000 in bovine flagella. RII is released from the flagellum by disulfide reducing agents, e.g. 1 mM dithiothreitol (DTT). Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Coomassie Blue staining of the DTT-released material shows that a limited subpopulation of flagellar polypeptides are solubilized by disulfide-reducing agents. Neither tubulin, the dynein ATPase, or any of the RII-binding proteins are released by 1 mM DTT, and thin section electron microscopy revealed that the morphology of the flagellum is unaltered by reducing conditions. Our data established that RII is not linked to the flagellum via a direct disulfide bridge. We propose that RII is released from the flagellum, a highly disulfide cross-linked structure, due to structural changes in the flagellum which disrupts the interaction between RII and its binding proteins.
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PMID:Interaction of the regulatory subunit of a type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase with mammalian sperm flagellum. 327 82

cAMP and calcium are two important regulators of sperm flagellar motility. cAMP stimulates sperm motility by activating cAMP-dependent protein kinase and catalyzing the phosphorylation of sperm proteins. The stimulation of sperm motility by cAMP appears to be at two different levels. Evidence has been presented to suggest that cAMP-dependent phosphorylations may be required in order for motility to be initiated. In addition, cAMP-dependent phosphorylation appears to modulate specific parameters of motility resulting in higher beat frequency or greater wave amplitude. Calcium, on the other hand, when elevated intracellularly to 10(-6) M or higher, inhibits flagellar motility. The calcium-binding protein, calmodulin, appears to mediate a large number of effects of calcium on motility. Evidence suggests that calcium-calmodulin may be involved at the level of the membrane to pump calcium out of the flagellum. In addition, calcium-calmodulin may be involved in the control of axonemal function by regulating dynein ATPase and myosin light chain kinase activities. The identification of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, calmodulin and myosin light chain kinase in the sperm head suggests that cAMP and calcium-dependent phosphorylations are also involved in the control of the fertilization process, i.e., the acrosome reaction, in a manner similar to that known for the control of stimulus/secretion coupling. Finally, the effects of cAMP on flagellar motility are mediated by protein phosphorylation while the effects of calcium on motility are also in part, mediated by effects on protein phosphorylation.
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PMID:Cyclic adenosine 3',5' monophosphate, calcium and protein phosphorylation in flagellar motility. 629 16