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Query: EC:3.1.3.1 (
alkaline phosphatase
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Tau protein was evaluated as a substrate for a proline-directed protein kinase (p34cdc2/p58cyclin A) which recognizes the phosphorylation site motif X-Ser/
Thr
-Pro-X. The shortest human tau isoform, expressed as a recombinant protein, was phosphorylated to a stoichiometry of 2 mol phosphate/mol tau. Phosphoamino acid analysis revealed phosphorylation of both serine and
threonine
residues. Phosphorylation of recombinant tau resulted in a decreased ability to induce microtubule assembly but had no effect on the final extent of microtubule formation or on the rate of cold-induced microtubule disassembly. Phosphorylation of tau by the proline-directed protein kinase completely blocked immunoreactivity with antibody SMI33. Phosphorylation did not create the epitopes for the phosphate-dependent antibodies SMI31 or SMI34. Antibody SMI33 recognizes neurofibrillary tangles after treatment with
alkaline phosphatase
, suggesting that the proline-directed protein kinase may phosphorylate tau at sites that are phosphorylated in Alzheimer's disease.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of tau by proline-directed protein kinase (p34cdc2/p58cyclin A) decreases tau-induced microtubule assembly and antibody SMI33 reactivity. 833 17
Mitotic division in yeast requires the activity of topoisomerase II, a DNA topology modifying enzyme that is able to disentangle sister chromatids after DNA replication. Previous work has shown that topoisomerase II is a phosphoprotein in intact yeast cells. We show here that when dephosphorylated in vitro, topoisomerase II is unable to cleave or decatenate kinetoplast DNA. An efficient kinase activity that modifies topoisomerase II on seven major sites was found to copurify with the enzyme purified from yeast. Characterization of this kinase, analysis of phosphotryptic peptides, and studies with a yeast mutant deficient in casein kinase II, indicate that the copurifying kinase is casein kinase II (CKII). Topoisomerase II itself has no self-phosphorylating activity. Modification of topoisomerase II by the copurifying kinase is sufficient to restore decatenation activity after dephosphorylation by
alkaline phosphatase
. The CKII target sites have been mapped to multiple serine and
threonine
residues on 4 tryptic fragments within the C-terminal 350 amino acids of yeast topoisomerase II. These results are consistent with a model in which the C-terminal domain of topoisomerase II is a negative regulatory domain that is neutralized by phosphorylation.
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PMID:Casein kinase II copurifies with yeast DNA topoisomerase II and re-activates the dephosphorylated enzyme. 838 77
Nerve growth factor (NGF) treatment of PC12 cells led to the rapid phosphorylation of a calmodulin-binding protein of 100 kDa (CaM-BP100) identified on blot overlays with 125I-labeled CaM. The effect was detected as a retardation in the mobility of the protein by an apparent 10 kDa on SDS gels. The mobility shift was complete within 5 min and was maintained for 24 h in the continued presence of NGF. The protein was present in both the soluble and crude particulate fractions, and the gel mobility shift occurred in both fractions. Epidermal growth factor elicited a similar response, but the mobility shift was reversed within 12 h. The gel retardation was due to phosphorylation of CaM-BP100, as it could be reversed if cytoplasmic extracts were held under dephosphorylating conditions at 37 degrees C for 10 min prior to electrophoresis; dephosphorylation was inhibited by okadaic acid but not vanadate, suggesting the participation of a Ser/
Thr
phosphatase. Treatment with either acid or
alkaline phosphatase
also reversed the mobility shift. CaM-BP100 phosphorylation was stimulated by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in intact cells, but the effect of NGF did not involve a protein kinase C-dependent process, because it occurred in PC12 cells depleted of protein kinase C. The phosphorylation event appeared to be due to an NGF-stimulated protein kinase, as mixing extracts from NGF-treated cells with extracts from control cells in the presence of ATP and Mg2+ reconstituted the mobility shift in vitro. CaM-BP100 appears to be a minor cellular phosphoprotein, as 32P labeling of the protein could not be detected in crude cell extracts. These results suggest that receptor tyrosine kinases communicate with at least one component of the Ca2+/calmodulin-signaling pathway early in signal transduction.
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PMID:Rapid and sustained phosphorylation of a calmodulin-binding protein (CaM-BP100) in NGF-treated PC12 cells. 839 55
Partially purified nonspecific phosphate-repressible
alkaline phosphatase
from Saccharomyces cerevisiae encoded by PHO8 gene (rALPase), efficiently dephosphorylates phosphohistones and a variety of phosphopeptides. The pho8 mutant, constructed by disruption of the chromosomal counterpart of the PHO8 gene, is lacking in phosphatase activity toward phosphopeptides, confirming that this activity is actually due to rALPase. rALPase activity tested on phosphopeptides is maximum in the pH range 6.5-7.5 and the Km values for these substrates are in the micromolar range, suggesting a possible physiological relevance of this enzyme as a protein phosphatase. rALPase dephosphorylates phosphotyrosyl more efficiently than phosphoseryl peptides, but is poorly active on phosphothreonyl peptides. Its specificity towards synthetic peptides and insensitivity to specific inhibitors and activators of authentic protein phosphatases indicate that rALPase differs from both Ser/
Thr
- and Tyr-specific protein phosphatases. This conclusion is consistent with the lack of homology with any class of known protein phosphatases.
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PMID:Specific dephosphorylation of phosphopeptides by the yeast alkaline phosphatase encoded by PHO8 gene. 849 92
To date, no attempt has been made to study alterations occurring in the amino acid profile in chronic models of thioacetamide-induced liver cirrhosis. In this work, changes in serum amino acids and proteins in rats with thioacetamide-induced liver cirrhosis are reported, together with changes in enzyme activities in the liver and serum. Seventeen female Wistar rats were used. Eight rats were given 300 mg thioacetamide/l in drinking water for 4 months and nine rats were given water ad libitum during the same time-period. Significant increases in glycine, alanine, serine, methionine, glutamate, ornithine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, histidine and proline were observed in rats with the resulting experimental liver cirrhosis.
Threonine
, taurine, glutamine, lysine and citrulline tended to increase while isoleucine, leucine, aspartate, arginine and tryptophan tended to decrease. Total and nonessential amino acids increased significantly in cirrhotic animals. Total essential and aromatic amino acids tended to increase in the thioacetamide-treated group, whereas branched chain amino acids tended to decrease in the same group. Regarding serum proteins, a decrease in albumin concentration in the thioacetamide-treated animals was the only change detected. The liver enzyme activities under observation (aspartate and alanine aminotransferases, glutamate dehydrogenase and threonine deaminase) were lower in the thioacetamide group. Decreases were significant for both transaminases and threonine deaminase. Results for serum activities showed that transaminases did not change in thioacetamide-treated rats in comparison with controls. In contrast,
alkaline phosphatase
rose dramatically in cirrhotic rats. We conclude that the serum amino acid pattern in this chronic model of liver cirrhosis resembles in part that of the corresponding human disease.
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PMID:Serum amino acid changes in rats with thioacetamide-induced liver cirrhosis. 857 92
Alkaline phosphatase activity is regulated by various hormones and growth factors at least in part through the phosphorylation of target proteins during the bone cell differentiation. To investigate the role of protein phosphorylation in
alkaline phosphatase
activity in MC3T3-E1 osteoblast, we used okadaic acid which is a potent specific inhibitor of serine/
threonine
protein phosphatases to type 1 and 2A. Alkaline phosphatase activity in cellular layer was measured by spectrophotometer using p-nitrophenyl phosphate as substrate and data were expressed as p-nitrophenyl of nmol/min/mg of protein. Okadaic acid (1-50 ng/ml) caused the inhibition of
alkaline phosphatase
activity in MC3TC-E1 cells. At 50 ng/ml of okadaic acid showed the maximal inhibitory effect on
alkaline phosphatase
activity. Okadaic acid (50 ng/ml) also inhibited
alkaline phosphatase
activity in all differentiation stages. These results indicate that okadaic acid inhibits
alkaline phosphatase
activity in MC3T3-E1 cells.
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PMID:Okadaic acid inhibits alkaline phosphatase activity in MC3T3-E1 cells. 862 1
Protein glycosylation has an important influence on a broad range of molecular interactions in eukaryotes, but is comparatively rare in bacteria. Several antigens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis, have been identified as glycoproteins on the basis of lectin binding, or by detailed structural analysis. By production of a set of
alkaline phosphatase
(PhoA) hybrid proteins in a mycobacterial expression system, the peptide region required for glycosylation of the 19 kDa lipoprotein antigen from M.tuberculosis was defined. Mutagenesis of two
threonine
clusters within this region abolished lectin binding by PhoA hybrids and by the 19 kDa protein itself. Substitution of the
threonine
residues also resulted in generation of a series of smaller forms of the protein as a result of proteolysis. In a working model to account for these observations, we propose that the role of glycosylation is to regulate cleavage of a proteolytically sensitive linker region close to the acylated N-terminus of the protein.
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PMID:Bacterial glycoproteins: a link between glycosylation and proteolytic cleavage of a 19 kDa antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 867 Aug 58
Protein phosphatase 2A is a heterotrimeric protein serine/
threonine
phosphatase consisting of a 36-kDa catalytic C subunit, a 65-kDa structural A subunit, and a variable regulatory B subunit. The B subunits determine the substrate specificity of the enzyme. There have been three families of cellular B subunits identified to date: B55, B56 (B'), and PR72/130. We have now cloned five genes encoding human B56 isoforms. Polypeptides encoded by all but one splice variant (B56gamma1) are phosphoproteins, as shown by mobility shift after treatment with
alkaline phosphatase
and metabolic labeling with [32P]phosphate. All labeled isoforms contain solely phosphoserine. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrates distinct patterns of intracellular targeting by different B56 isoforms. Specifically, B56alpha, B56beta, and B56epsilon complexed with the protein phosphatase 2A A and C subunits localize to the cytoplasm, whereas B56delta, B56gamma1, and B56gamma3 are concentrated in the nucleus. Two isoforms (B56beta and B56delta) are highly expressed in adult brain; here we show that mRNA for these isoforms increases severalfold when neuroblastoma cell lines are induced to differentiate by retinoic acid treatment. These studies demonstrate an increasing diversity of regulatory mechanisms to control the activity of this key intracellular protein phosphatase and suggest distinct functions for isoforms targeted to different intracellular locations.
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PMID:The B56 family of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) regulatory subunits encodes differentiation-induced phosphoproteins that target PP2A to both nucleus and cytoplasm. 870 17
The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a multifunctional homodimeric protein with an apparent molecular weight of 25 KDa. TGF-beta transduces signals by forming heteromeric complexes of their type-I (T beta R-I) and type-II (T beta R-II) serin/
threonine
kinase receptors. TGF-beta binds first to T beta R-II receptor, and then the ligand in this complex is recognized by T beta R-I, resulting in formation of a heteromeric receptor complex composed of T beta R-I and T beta R-II. Once received, T beta R-I becomes phosphorylated in the GS domain by the associated constitutively active T beta R-II and transmits the downstream signal. It has been reported that formation of the heteromeric complex is indispensible at least in epithelial cells for growth inhibition and extracellular matrix production induced by TGF-beta. In this study, the functional role of T beta R-II for the TGF-beta-induced signals in osteoblastic cells was investigated by using a dominant negative type of T beta R-II mutant receptors (T beta RIIDNR). ROS 17/2.8 and MG 63 cells were found to express T beta R-I, T beta R-II, and T beta R-III, and their cell growth was inhibited by TGF-beta, whereas
alkaline phosphatase
activity was stimulated. Cells that were stably transfected with the T beta RIIDNR plasmid showed decreased response to TGF-beta during growth and
alkaline phosphatase
activity. These results indicate that the intracellular serine/threonine kinase domain of T beta R-II is essential for signal transduction of the TGF-beta-induced
alkaline phosphatase
activity as well as growth inhibition.
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PMID:[Functional analysis of transforming growth factor-beta type II dominant negative receptor]. 874 21
Seven synthetic polymers, (Glu4, Tyr)n, (Arg)n, (Arg, Pro,
Thr
)n, (Arg-Gly-Glu)6, (Arg-Gly-Phe)6, (Glu-Arg-Gly-Phe)5, and (Ala-Leu-Arg-Arg-Ile-Arg-Gly-Glu-Arg)2, were treated with phosphoryl chloride to phosphorylate their Tyr,
Thr
, and Arg residues. Protamines and histones were phosphorylated similarly. These phosphorylated peptides were examined as to whether or not they serve as substrates for intestinal alkaline phosphatase [
EC 3.1.3.1
] and liver N(omega)-phosphoarginine phosphatase [Kuba, M., Ohmori, H., and Kumon, A. (1992) Eur. J. Biochem. 208, 747-752]. Phosphorylated polyarginine was hydrolyzed with a lower Km with
alkaline phosphatase
than with N(omega)-phosphoarginine phosphatase, while the phosphorylated forms of (Arg-Gly-Phe)6 and culpeine were better substrates for N(omega)-phosphoarginine phosphatase. When (Arg, Pro,
Thr
)n and culpeine were phosphorylated chemically after treatment with phenylglyoxal, these phosphorylated peptides were worse substrates for N(omega)-phosphoarginine phosphatase than for
alkaline phosphatase
. Moreover, the results of proton-decoupled 31P NMR analysis indicated that N(omega)-phosphoarginine phosphatase released Pi from N(omega)-phosphoarginine residues of phosphopeptides. These results indicate that both phosphatases function as protein arginine phosphatases in different manners, and that N(omega)-phosphoarginine phosphatase is useful for selectively detecting N(omega)-phosphoarginine residue in peptides containing various kinds of phosphorylated amino acids.
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PMID:N(omega)-phosphoarginine phosphatase (17 kDa) and alkaline phosphatase as protein arginine phosphatases. 874 74
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