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A neuronal Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase-Gr) undergoes autophosphorylation on a serine residue(s) in response to Ca2+ and calmodulin. Phosphate incorporation leads to the formation of a Ca(2+)-independent (autonomous) activity state, as well as potentiation of the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent response. The autonomous enzyme activity of the phosphorylated enzyme approximately equals the Ca2+/calmodulin-stimulated activity of the unphosphorylated enzyme, but displays diminished affinity toward ATP and the synthetic substrate, syntide-2. The Km(app) for ATP and syntide-2 increased 4.3- and 1.7-fold, respectively. Further activation of the autonomous enzyme by Ca2+/calmodulin yields a marked increase in the affinity for ATP and peptide substrate such that the Km(app) for ATP and syntide-2 decreased by 14- and 8-fold, respectively. Both autophosphorylation and the addition of Ca2+/calmodulin are required to produce the maximum level of enzyme activation and to increase substrate affinity. Unlike Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II that is dephosphorylated by the Mg(2+)-independent phosphoprotein phosphatases 1 and 2A, CaM kinase-Gr is dephosphorylated by a Mg(2+)-dependent phosphoprotein phosphatase that may be related to the type 2C enzyme. Dephosphorylation of CaM kinase-Gr reverses the effects of autophosphorylation on enzyme activity. A comparison between the autophosphorylation and dephosphorylation reactions of CaM kinase-Gr and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II provides useful insights into the operation of Ca(2+)-sensitive molecular switches.
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PMID:A brain-specific Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase-Gr) is regulated by autophosphorylation. Relevance to neuronal Ca2+ signaling. 164 31

Calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase was purified to apparent homogeneity from the total calmodulin-binding fraction of bovine heart in a single step by immunoaffinity chromatography. The isolated enzyme had significantly higher affinity for calmodulin than the bovine brain 60-kDa phosphodiesterase isozyme. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase was found to catalyze the phosphorylation of the purified cardiac calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase with the incorporation of 1 mol of phosphate/mol of subunit. The phosphodiesterase phosphorylation rate was increased severalfold by histidine without affecting phosphate incorporation into the enzyme. Phosphorylation of phosphodiesterase lowered its affinity for calmodulin and Ca2+. At constant saturating concentrations of calmodulin (650 nM), the phosphorylated calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase required a higher concentration of Ca2+ (20 microM) than the nonphosphorylated phosphodiesterase (0.8 microM) for 50% activity. Phosphorylation could be reversed by the calmodulin-dependent phosphatase (calcineurin), and dephosphorylation was accompanied by an increase in the affinity of phosphodiesterase for calmodulin.
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PMID:Phosphorylation and characterization of bovine heart calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase. 164 4

By incorporating plasma membrane vesicles into planar lipid bilayers, we previously characterized a family of four types of Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels from rat brain (Reinhart et al., 1989). Two of these are "large-conductance" or "maxi"-K+ channels, which differ in their gating kinetics and toxin sensitivity and are henceforth referred to as "type 1" and "type 2" channels. Here we show that the gating of these two channel types can be modulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. The effects of cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (PK-A) on type 1 maxi-K+ channels are complex in that, while half of these channels are upregulated by the kinase, about one out of seven channels is downregulated. Thus, there may be several distinct channels within the type 1 category. Type 2 maxi-K+ channels are consistently downregulated by PK-A. The effects of PK-A on both channel types are reversed by the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP-2A), but not by protein phosphatase 1 (PP-1). Furthermore, some of the type 1 maxi-K+ channels can be modulated by PP-2A, even without any prior PK-A treatment, indicating they are in a phosphorylated state when they are incorporated into the bilayer. The results demonstrate that (1) type 1 and type 2 maxi-K+ channels are substrates for PK-A; (2) phosphorylation can shift the open probability of channels in either direction, by a mechanism involving multiple phosphorylation sites; (3) phosphorylation alters the Ca2+/voltage sensitivity of these channels; and (4) dephosphorylation of type 1 and type 2 channels is catalyzed by specific phosphatases.
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PMID:Modulation of calcium-activated potassium channels from rat brain by protein kinase A and phosphatase 2A. 164 98

A protein phosphatase and phosphatase inhibitors were used to examine the role of protein phosphorylation in the regulation of norepinephrine secretion in digitonin-permeabilized bovine chromaffin cells. Addition of okadaic acid, a potent inhibitor of type 1 and type 2A protein phosphatases, or 1-naphthylphosphate, a more general phosphatase inhibitor, to digitonin-permeabilized chromaffin cells caused about a 100% increase in the amount of norepinephrine secreted in the absence of Ca2+ (in 5 mM EGTA) without affecting the amount of norepinephrine secreted in the presence of 10 microM free Ca2+. This stimulation of norepinephrine secretion by protein phosphatase inhibitors suggests that in the absence of Ca2+ there is a slow rate phosphorylation and that this phosphorylation triggers secretion. Addition of an exogenous type 2A protein phosphatase caused almost a 50% decrease in Ca(2+)-dependent norepinephrine secretion. Thus, the amounts of norepinephrine released both in the absence of Ca2+ and in the presence of Ca2+ appear to depend upon the level of protein phosphorylation.
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PMID:Effects of phosphatase inhibitors and a protein phosphatase on norepinephrine secretion by permeabilized bovine chromaffin cells. 164 43

Okadaic acid is a protein phosphatase inhibitor which has been found to produce a marked positive inotropic effect in isolated cardiac muscle. Using aequorin-injected ferret papillary muscles, we demonstrate that the increase in tension seen with okadaic acid is accompanied by a simultaneous increase in the amplitude of the calcium transients. By comparison with the effects of changing the extracellular calcium concentration, it is shown that the increase in calcium transient amplitude can account for the inotropic effect of okadaic acid.
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PMID:Okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, increases the calcium transients in isolated ferret ventricular muscle. 164 1

The response of a reaction network composed of protein kinase A, calpain, and protein phosphatase to transient cAMP and Ca2+ signals was studied. An essential feature of signal convergence is that the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dissociated protein kinase A undergoes limited proteolysis by the Ca(2+)-activated proteinase calpain. A dynamic model of this system based on kinetic differential equations was built and simulated by computer. The system shows analogies to typical features of associative learning such as acquisition, contiguity detection, extinction, and memory decay, suggesting that these biochemical reactions may be part of the molecular mechanism of learning in Drosophila.
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PMID:Signal convergence on protein kinase A as a molecular correlate of learning. 164 32

Characteristics of the autophosphorylation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II) from the cytosol and in the postsynaptic densities (PSD) of rat brain were investigated. Several proteins were surveyed for their abilities to serve as a substrate for non-autophosphorylated and autophosphorylated CaM kinase IIs from the cytosol and PSD. The tested substrates were separated into two groups. Autophosphorylation of the kinase slightly decreased or did not change its activities towards substrates of the first group: myosin light chain of chicken gizzard, synapsin I, tau factor and microtubule-associated protein 2. In contrast, autophosphorylation of the enzyme increased its activities towards substrates of the second group: syntide-2, histone H1, calcineurin and myelin basic protein. The Ca2+/calmodulin-independent kinase activity increased by autophosphorylation with any of substrates tested. Similar results were obtained with the cytosolic and PSD CaM kinase II. Trifluoperazine and mastoparan, calmodulin binding antagonists, inhibited the activity of the non-autophosphorylated CaM kinase II, but had no effect or only a slight inhibitory effect on the activity of the autophosphorylated CaM kinase II, indicating that the autophosphorylated kinase has no requirement for calmodulin for Ca(2+)-dependent activity and/or a higher affinity for calmodulin The results suggest that the autophosphorylation of CaM kinase II is a subtle mechanism for regulating the interaction between the enzyme and substrate.
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PMID:Autophosphorylation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II: effects on interaction between enzyme and substrate. 164 40

The effect of increasing concentrations of Zn2+ (1 microM-5 mM) on protein phosphorylation was investigated in cytosol (S3) and crude synaptic plasma membrane (P2-M) fractions from rat cerebral cortex and purified calmodulin-stimulated protein kinase II (CMK II). Zn2+ was found to be a potent inhibitor of both protein kinase and protein phosphatase activities, with highly specific effects on CMK II. Only one phosphoprotein band (40 kDa in P2-M phosphorylated under basal conditions) was unaffected by addition of Zn2+. The vast majority of phosphoprotein bands in both basal and calcium/calmodulin-stimulated conditions showed a dose-dependent inhibition of phosphorylation, which varied with individual phosphoproteins. Two basal phosphoprotein bands (58 and 66 kDa in S3) showed a significant stimulation of phosphorylation at 100 microM Zn2+ with decreased stimulation at higher concentrations, which was absent by 5 mM Zn2+. A few Ca2+/calmodulin-stimulated phosphoproteins in P2-M and S3 showed biphasic behavior; inhibition at less than 100 microM Zn2+ and stimulation by millimolar concentrations of Zn2+ in the presence or absence of added Ca2+/calmodulin. The two major phosphoproteins in this group were identified as the alpha and beta subunits of CMK II. Using purified enzyme, Zn2+ was shown to have two direct effects on CMK II: an inhibition of Ca2+/calmodulin-stimulated autophosphorylation and substrate phosphorylation activity at low concentrations and the creation of a new Zn(2+)-stimulated, Ca2+/calmodulin-independent activity at concentrations of greater than 100 microM that produces a redistribution of activity biased toward autophosphorylation and an alpha subunit with an altered mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-containing gels.
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PMID:Effect of zinc on calmodulin-stimulated protein kinase II and protein phosphorylation in rat cerebral cortex. 164 55

Treatment of adipocytes with depolarizing concentrations of K+ (40 mM) for 60 min increased [Ca2+]i from 158 +/- 28 nM to 328 +/- 38 nM. This significantly reduced (up to 80% inhibition) dephosphorylation of insulin receptor (IR), EGF receptor (EGF-R) and glycogen synthase (GS). The calcium channel blocker, nitrendipine (30 microM), or Ca2+ free medium completely prevented K(+)-induced inhibition of phosphoprotein phosphatase (PPTase). This effect of high [Ca2+]i was completely reversible when the cells were returned into the non-depolarizing medium. Trypsin treatment (4 micrograms/ml) of the membrane fraction containing inhibited PPTase activity, restored dephosphorylation activity to normal suggesting that elevated [Ca2+]i may inhibit PPTase by promoting its association with the inhibitors. These observations indicate that dephosphorylation of IR and GS can be regulated by [Ca2+]i.
Cell Calcium 1991 Jun
PMID:High levels of cytosolic free calcium inhibit dephosphorylation of insulin receptor and glycogen synthase. 165 12

1. In voltage-clamped whole cells dialysed with GTP, extracellular application of ACh elicits an inwardly rectifying K+ current which subsequently decreases to a steady-state level well below the maximally induced current (desensitization). The mechanism of desensitization of the acetylcholine (ACh)-activated K+ channel current was studied in rat neonatal atrial cells at the single-channel level using the patch-clamp technique. 2. In cell-attached patches with ACh in the pipette, a similar pattern of K+ channel current desensitization was present. Single-channel analyses revealed that the initial rapid decrease in channel activity was associated with progressive shortening of the mean open time (tau o) and prolongation of the mean closed time (tau c) of the K+ channel. 3. In excised, inside-out patches with ACh in the pipette, GTP activated K+ channels with a tau o of approximately 1.0 ms. Addition of ATP to the cytosolic surface resulted in progressive increases in tau o (from 1 to 5 ms) and channel activity. These changes are similar but opposite in direction to those observed during the early phase of ACh-induced channel desensitization in cell-attached patches. 4. The effect of ATP on the channel kinetics was abolished in Mg(2+)-free solution AMP-PNP (adenylyl-imidodiphosphate, a non-hydrolysable analogue of ATP), ADP, CTP (cytidine triphosphate), ITP (inosine triphosphate) or UTP (uridine triphosphate) did not alter the channel kinetics, suggesting that the ATP effect on channel gating probably occurs via phosphorylation by a membrane-bound kinase. H-8 (an isoquinolinesulphonamide derivative which inhibits protein kinases A and C) failed to prevent the action of ATP on the channel. 5. The increases in tau o and channel activity produced by ATP could be completely reversed by an elevation of cytosolic [Ca2+] to 3 x 10(-5) M or above. 6. The effect of Ca2+ on the ATP-induced changes in channel kinetics was blocked by sodium vanadate, a general phosphatase inhibitor. Okadaic acid, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1 and 2A, did not block the Ca2+ effect. Calmodulin antagonists, N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulphonamide (W-7), trifluoroperazine, and calmidazolium, partially blocked the effect of Ca2+. 7. Alkaline phosphatase (20 units/ml) reversed the ATP-induced increases in tau o and channel activity. These results suggest that the ACh-activated K+ channel can be modulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Modulation of acetylcholine-activated K+ channel function in rat atrial cells by phosphorylation. 165 50


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