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Seven Tyr-protein phosphatase activities were isolated from bovine brain using phosphotyrosyl-casein as a model substrate. The activities were resolved from the cytosolic fraction by a three-step procedure employing successive DEAE-cellulose, phosphocellulose, and gel permeation chromatography steps. The seven activities accounted for 70% of the Tyr-protein phosphatase activity in bovine brain extracts and were distinct from type 1 and type 2 Ser/Thr-protein phosphatases and from the major alkaline phosphatase activities. Apparent molecular weights of the activities by gel permeation chromatography were: phosphotyrosyl-protein phosphatase (PTP)-1A (Mr 86,000), PTP-1B (Mr 24,000), PTP-2 (Mr 88,000), PTP-3 (Mr 90,000), PTP-4 (Mr 80,000), PTP-5 (Mr 48,000), and PTP-6 (Mr 104,000). PTP-5 was the major activity accounting for 26% of total while the remaining activity was divided rather evenly among the other six activities. PTP-5 was further purified to near homogeneity by additional chromatographies on Affi-Gel Blue, heparin-agarose, and Mono S giving an overall purification of 50,000-fold and a yield of 5.8%. One of two major polypeptides (Mr 46,000) in the preparation was identified as PTP-5 since it alone expressed protein phosphatase activity when protein-staining bands were eluted from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and renatured. PTP-5 had a neutral pH optimum, and using phosphotyrosyl-casein as substrate it had a Km of 130 nM and a Vmax of 10 mumol Pi released.min-1.mg protein-1. These kinetic parameters are well within the range of values obtained for other pure protein phosphatases. PTP-5 also dephosphorylated pp60v-src (autophosphorylated at Tyr-416) at 10% of the rate observed with phosphotyrosyl-casein. Additionally the ratio of phosphotyrosyl-casein/pp60v-src phosphatase activity was relatively constant throughout the PTP-5 purification procedure. These results indicate that PTP-5 is able to bind and efficiently dephosphorylate phosphotyrosyl-proteins and suggest that it is a physiologically relevant Tyr-protein phosphatase.
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PMID:Phosphotyrosyl-protein phosphatases. I. Separation of multiple forms from bovine brain and purification of the major form to near homogeneity. 246 73

Two Tyr-protein phosphatase inhibitors, termed inhibitor H (Mr greater than 500,000) and inhibitor L (Mr 38,000), have been detected in bovine brain extracts. The inhibitors were partially purified by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and Sephacryl S-300. Both inhibitors are proteins, as judged by their inactivation by proteinase K, and they exhibited remarkable stability during incubation at 95 degrees C. Of seven Tyr-protein phosphatase activities that we have isolated from bovine brain, PTP-4 and PTP-5 were most sensitive to the inhibitor proteins. Inhibition of the other five Tyr-protein phosphatases was only observed at very high inhibitor concentrations. The IC50 values for the inhibition of PTP-4 by inhibitor H and inhibitor L were 2- and 10-fold higher than those for the inhibition of PTP-5. Inhibition of PTP-5 by either inhibitor was rapid (maximum effect in less than 1 min) and readily reversed upon removal of the inhibitors by dilution. Inhibitor H and inhibitor L are distinct from the three heat-stable protein inhibitors of Ser/Thr-protein phosphatase 1. The ability of inhibitor H and inhibitor L to preferentially inhibit PTP-4 and PTP-5 provides an important new criterion that can be used to distinguish these enzymes from other Tyr-protein phosphatases. The two inhibitor proteins may be involved in regulating the activity of PTP-4 and PTP-5.
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PMID:Phosphotyrosyl-protein phosphatases. II. Identification and characterization of two heat-stable protein inhibitors. 246 74

The enzymatic addition or removal of phosphate esters on serine and threonine hydroxyls alters the activity of many proteins that contribute to the characteristic structure and function of nerve cells. Recently, calcineurin, a major calmodulin-binding protein in mammalian brain, has been purified and identified as a Ca2+-activated protein phosphatase. Preliminary experiments suggest that calcineurin may limit Ca2+ influx through dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channels in the plasma membrane by dephosphorylating the channel, or a closely associated protein, and inactivating it.
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PMID:Calcium channel regulation by calcineurin, a Ca2+-activated phosphatase in mammalian brain. 246 18

Protein phosphatase inhibitor-1 was purified from bovine adipose tissue. The protein had an apparent molecular mass of 32 kDa by SDS/PAGE and a Stokes' radius of 3.4 nm. It was phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase on a threonyl residue; this phosphorylation was necessary for inhibition of protein phosphatase-1. Bovine adipose tissue inhibitor-1 was compared directly with rabbit skeletal muscle inhibitor-1 and with a 32000-Mr, dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein from bovine brain (DARPP-32), also an inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1. By the following biochemical and immunochemical criteria, bovine adipose tissue inhibitor-1 was found to be very similar and possibly identical to DARPP-32 and was clearly distinct from skeletal muscle inhibitor-1: molecular mass by SDS/PAGE; Stokes' radii; phosphorylation on threonine residues; Staphylococcus-aureus-V8-protease-generated peptide patterns analyzed by SDS/PAGE; tryptic phosphopeptide maps analysed by two-dimensional thin-layer electrophoresis/chromatography; elution on reverse-phase HPLC; chymotryptic peptide maps as analysed by reverse-phase HPLC; amino acid composition; antibody recognition by immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting; effect of cyanogen bromide cleavage on protein phosphatase inhibitor activity. Based on these results we conclude that bovine brain and adipose tissue contain an identical phosphoprotein inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (DARPP-32), which is distinct from that of skeletal muscle (inhibitor-1).
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PMID:Inhibitors of protein phosphatase-1. Inhibitor-1 of bovine adipose tissue and a dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein of bovine brain are identical. 254

The major site of phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor after treatment of cells with EGF is threonine 669. Phosphorylation of this site is also associated with the transmodulation of the EGF receptor caused by platelet-derived growth factor and phorbol ester. A distinctive feature of the primary sequence surrounding threonine 669 is the proximity of 2 proline residues (-Pro-Leu-Thr669-Pro-). This site is not a substrate for phosphorylation by protein kinase C. To investigate the mechanism of the increased phosphorylation of the EGF receptor at threonine 669, in vitro assays were used to measure protein kinase and protein phosphatase activities present in homogenates prepared from cells treated with and without EGF. No evidence for the regulation of protein phosphatase activity was obtained in experiments using the [32P]phosphate-labeled EGF receptor as a substrate. A synthetic peptide corresponding to residues 663-681 of the EGF receptor was used as a substrate for protein kinase assays. Incubation of murine 3T3 L1 pre-adipocytes and human WI-38 fibroblasts with EGF caused a rapid increase (3-10-fold) in the level of threonine protein kinase activity detected in cell homogenates. Similar results were obtained after EGF treatment of Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing wild-type (Thr669) and mutated (Ala669) human EGF receptors. Activation of the threonine protein kinase activity was also observed in cells treated with platelet-derived growth factor, serum, and phorbol ester. Insulin-like growth factor-1 caused no significant change in protein kinase activity. Together these data indicate a role for the regulation of the activity of a threonine protein kinase in the control of the phosphorylation state of the EGF receptor at threonine 669. The significance of the identification of a growth factor-stimulated threonine protein kinase to the mechanism of signal transduction is discussed.
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PMID:Mechanism of phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor at threonine 669. 254 83

Infection of Escherichia coli with phage lambda gt10 resulted in the appearance of a protein phosphatase with activity towards 32P-labelled casein. Activity reached a maximum near the point of cell lysis and declined thereafter. The phosphatase was stimulated 30-fold by Mn2+, while Mg2+ and Ca2+ were much less effective. Activity was unaffected by inhibitors 1 and 2, okadaic acid, calmodulin and trifluoperazine, distinguishing it from the major serine/threonine-specific protein phosphatases of eukaryotic cells. The lambda phosphatase was also capable of dephosphorylating other substrates in the presence of Mn2+, although activity towards 32P-labelled phosphorylase was 10-fold lower, and activity towards phosphorylase kinase and glycogen synthase 25 50-fold lower than with casein. No casein phosphatase activity was present in either uninfected cells, or in E. coli infected with phage lambda gt11. Since lambda gt11 lacks part of the open reading frame (orf) 221, previously shown to encode a protein with sequence similarity to protein phosphatase-1 and protein phosphatase-2A of mammalian cells [Cohen, Collins, Coulson, Berndt & da Cruz e Silva (1988) Gene 69, 131-134], the results indicate that ORF221 is the protein phosphatase detected in cells infected with lambda gt10. Comparison of the sequence of ORF221 with other mammalian protein phosphatases defines three highly conserved regions which are likely to be essential for function. The first of these is deleted in lambda gt11.
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PMID:Discovery of a protein phosphatase activity encoded in the genome of bacteriophage lambda. Probable identity with open reading frame 221. 254 89

Four major serine/threonine-specific protein phosphatase catalytic subunits are present in the cytoplasm of animal cells. Three of these enzymes, PP-1, PP-2A, and PP-2B, are members of the same gene family, while PP-2C appears to be distinct. PP-1, PP-2A, and PP-2B are complexed to other subunits in vivo, whereas PP-2C has only been isolated as a monomeric protein. PP-1, PP-2A, and PP-2C have broad and overlapping specificities in vitro, and account for virtually all measurable activity in tissue extracts toward a variety of phosphoproteins that regulate metabolism, muscle contractility, and other processes. Their precise functions in vivo are unknown, although important clues to the physiological roles of PP-1 and PP-2A are provided by the effects of okadaic acid and by the subcellular localization of PP-1. The active forms of PP-1 are largely particulate, and their association with subcellular structures is mediated by "targetting subunits" that direct PP-1 to particular locations, enhance its activity toward certain substrates, and confer important regulatory properties upon it. This concept is best established for the glycogen-bound enzymes in skeletal muscle and liver (PP-1G) and the myofibrillar form (PP-1M) in skeletal muscle. The activities of PP-1 and PP-2B are controlled by the second messengers cyclic AMP and calcium. The activity of PP-2B is dependent on calcium and calmodulin, while PP-1 is controlled in a variety of ways that depend on the form of the enzyme and the tissue. PP-1 can be inhibited by cyclic AMP in a variety of cells through the A-kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation of inhibitor-1 and its isoforms. Phosphorylation of the glycogen-binding subunit of PP-1G by A-kinase promotes translocation of the catalytic subunit from glycogen particles to cytosol in skeletal muscle, inhibiting the dephosphorylation of glycogen-metabolizing enzymes. Allosteric inhibition of hepatic PP-1G by phosphorylase a occurs in response to signals that elevate cyclic AMP or calcium, and prevents the activation of glycogen synthase in liver. PP-1 can also be activated indirectly by calcium through the ability of PP-2B to dephosphorylate inhibitor-1. This control mechanism may operate in dopaminoceptive neurones of the brain and other cells. The inactive cytosolic form of PP-1 (PP-1I) can be activated in vitro through the glycogen synthase kinase-3-catalyzed phosphorylation of its inhibitory subunit (inhibitor-2), but the physiological significance is unclear.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:The structure and regulation of protein phosphatases. 254 56

The site in calcineurin, the Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein phosphatase, which is phosphorylated by Ca2+/CaM-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-kinase II) has been identified. Analyses of 32P release from tryptic and cyanogen bromide peptides derived from [32P]calcineurin plus direct sequence determination established the site as -Arg-Val-Phe-Ser(PO4)-Val-Leu-Arg-, which conformed to the consensus phosphorylation sequence for CaM-kinase II (Arg-X-X-Ser/Thr-). This phosphorylation site is located at the C-terminal boundary of the putative CaM-binding domain in calcinerin (Kincaid, R. L., Nightingale, M. S., and Martin, B. M. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 85, 8983-8987), thereby accounting for the observed inhibition of this phosphorylation when Ca2+/CaM is bound to calcineurin. Since the phosphorylation site sequence also contains elements of the specificity determinants for Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) (basic residues both N-terminal and C-terminal to Ser/Thr), we tested calcineurin as a substrate for protein kinase C. Protein kinase C catalyzed rapid stoichiometric phosphorylation, and the characteristics of the reaction were the same as with CaM-kinase II: 1) the phosphorylation was blocked by binding of Ca2+/CaM to calcineurin; 2) phosphorylation partially inactivated calcineurin by increasing the Km (from 9.9 +/- 1.1 to 17.5 +/- 1.1 microM 32P-labeled myosin light chain); and 3) [32P]calcineurin exhibited very slow autodephosphorylation but was rapidly dephosphorylated by protein phosphatase IIA. Tryptic and thermolytic 32P-peptide mapping and sequential phosphoamino acid sequence analysis confirmed that protein kinase C and CaM-kinase II phosphorylated the same site.
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PMID:Regulation of calcineurin by phosphorylation. Identification of the regulatory site phosphorylated by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and protein kinase C. 255 Apr 47

Protein phosphatase type 1 is the major enzyme in skeletal muscle and liver for the dephosphorylation of Ser(P) and Thr(P) phosphoproteins. The cDNA for the catalytic subunit encodes a polypeptide of Mr 35,400 kDa, consistent with the Mr of 36,000-38,000 of the active protein purified in various laboratories. However, several investigators have found a Mr 70,000 protein for phosphatase type 1. In this report proteins of Mr 38,000 and 70,000 were resolved by Mono Q chromatography after extensive copurification from rabbit skeletal muscle. Antibodies affinity-purified against a type 1 phosphatase catalytic fragment reacted with both proteins in Western immunoblotting. Fractions from each peak were cleaved with cyanogen bromide and the major peptides were the same size by electrophoresis in gradient polyacrylamide gels. Cyanogen bromide peptides of the individual bands also were mapped by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The purified Mr 38,000 and 70,000 proteins had identical HPLC peptide maps and also gave the same amino acid compositions after acid hydrolysis. Purified Mr 38,000 phosphatase catalytic subunit spontaneously formed a Mr 70,000 dimer that resisted usual dissociation conditions, i.e., boiling dodecyl sulfate plus 2-mercaptoethanol, but could be cleaved to about half size by various proteases, indicating that monomers were bound together near their amino or carboxy termini. Physiological changes in protein phosphatase type 1 are reflected in the amount of nondissociable dimers detected in tissue extracts.
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PMID:Protein phosphatase type 1 catalytic subunit forms nondissociable dimers. 255 11

Conditions that regulate the generation of the Ca2(+)-independent form of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-kinase II) in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells have been investigated. Under basal conditions, 4-5% of total CaM-kinase II activity, assayed in the presence of Ca2+/CaM, was the Ca2(+)-independent form active in the presence of EGTA. Depolarization with 56 mM K+ produced a transient increase to 9% Ca2+ independence within 15 s followed by a decline to 5-6% at 10 min. The divalent cation ionophore ionomycin elicited 10% Ca2+ independence, which remained elevated. Removal of Ca2+ from the Krebs-Ringer medium reduced basal Ca2+ independence to 1-2% and eliminated the elevation in response to K+ depolarization. Inclusion of 5 microM okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, in the incubation medium potentiated the levels of Ca2(+)-independent activity of CaM-kinase II. Additional studies in granule cell extracts indicated that there were both okadiac acid-sensitive and -insensitive protein phosphatases involved in the reversal of the Ca2+ independence of CaM-kinase II. Phosphopeptide mapping of the CNBr-cleaved 32P-labeled 58-60-kDa subunit of CaM-kinase II revealed that under basal conditions, the kinase contained phosphate in many sites. Conditions that promoted formation of the Ca2(+)-independent form of the kinase increased the 32P incorporation into multiple sites of the kinase. However, there was a good temporal correlation between 32P incorporation into CNBr peptide 1, which contains Thr-287, and generation of the Ca2(+)-independent kinase activity. These results indicate that formation of the Ca2(+)-independent species of CaM-kinase II is dynamically regulated in cerebellar granule cells by Ca2(+)-mobilizing agents and by protein phosphatase activity and is correlated with autophosphorylation of Thr-287.
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PMID:Generation of the Ca2(+)-independent form of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in cerebellar granule cells. 255 42


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