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Query: EC:3.1.3.16 (calcineurin)
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Both the microvillus and basal-lateral membrane components of intestinal epithelial cells were found to contain endogenous cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases and their endogenous protein substrates. The phosphorylation of either membrane component using [gamma-32P]ATP as substrate, occurred very rapidly, reaching maximal levels at 1 min. Both cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP were shown to stimulate the phosphorylation of the microvillus and basal-lateral membranes; the approximate concentrations of cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP required for half-maximal stimulation of phosphorylation were 2 x 10(-7) M and 1.7 x 10(-8) M, respectively, for the basal-lateral membranes, and 2 x 10(-7) M and 3.2 x 10(-8) M, respectively, for the microvillus membranes. Although both membrane components were phosphorylated by an endogenous protein kinase, the microvillus membrane was consistently phosphorylated to a greater extent at maximally effective concentrations of either cyclic nucleotide. The microvillus and basal-lateral membranes were also found to contain a phosphoprotein phosphatase; however, the rate of removal of [32P]phosphate from the microvillus membrane was found to be more rapid. Neither cyclic AMP nor cyclic GMP altered the activity of the enzyme in either membrane. The present results together with earlier studies are compatible with the possibility that the regulation of water and electrolyte transport in the small intestine by cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP may be mediated through modulation of the phosphorylation of protein components of the microvillus and basal-lateral membranes.
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PMID:Cyclic nucleotide-dependent phosphorylation of rat intestinal microvillus and basal-lateral membrane proteins by an endogenous protein kinase. 2 17

Incubation of purified cyclic guanosine 3':5'-monophospate-dependent protein kinase with [gamma-32P]ATP and Mg2+ led to formation of one 32P-labeled protein, Mr = 75,000, which corresponded to the single protein band detected after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate. When electrophoresis was performed without detergent, the labeled protein coincided with the position of cGMP-dependent protein kinase activity. Phosphorylation was enhanced severalfold by either histone or cAMP and was inhibited by the addition of cGMP. Low concentrations of cGMP blocked the stimulatory effects of cAMP or histone (or both). Since neither cAMP-dependent protein kinase nor cGMP-dependent phosphoprotein phosphatase activities were detected in the purified enzyme, we concluded that the cGMP-dependent protein kinase is a substrate for its own phosphotransferase activity and that other protein substrates (histone) and cyclic nucleotides modulate the process of self-phosphorylation.
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PMID:Self-phosphorylation of cyclic guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase from bovine lung. Effect of cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate, cyclic guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate and histone. 19 21

Modifications in the cyclic nucleotide systems favoring the expression of cyclic GMP effects were found to occur in the transplanted fast-growing Morris hepatoma 3924A. These included: (a) a decreased level of cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase and an increased level of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase; (b) a disproportionately increased level of cylic GMP-dependent protein kinase relative to that of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase; (c) a disproportionately increased level of stimulatory modulator of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase relative to that of inhibitory modulator of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase; and (d) an increased level of phosphoprotein phosphatase.
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PMID:Modified cyclic nucleotide systems in Morris hepatoma 3924A favoring expression of cyclic GMP effect. 20 Dec 99

Phosphoprotein phosphatase (phosphoprotein phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.16) from bovine tracheal smooth muscle extracts was isolated and its activity determined using two [32P]phosphorylated proteins as substrates, i.e. phosphorylated histone (H-P) and a phosphorylated muscle specific substrate protein (MS-P) for the tracheal smooth muscle protein kinase. The enzyme was purified by the use of DEAE-cellulose followed by a two stage chromatography on a histone-Sepharose affinity column. Elution from the affinity column resolved the phosphoprotein phosphatase into four activity fractions. While fractions expressed phosphatase activity against both tested substrates the relative amounts of either activity varied. The ratio of activity towards H-P to activity towards MS-P changed from 11.5 to 0.12. The characterization of four phosphoprotein phosphatase fractions was based on the differences found in the following parameters: substrate specificity; sensitivity to NaF; influences of nucleotides (ATP, 5'-AMP, cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP) and the requirement of Mn2+ for maximal activity. Mg2+, Ba2+ or Ca2+ could not substitute for Mn2+.
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PMID:Phosphoprotein phosphatase in bovine tracheal smooth muscle. Multiple fractions and multiple substrates. 20 54

In summary, we have presented evidence which relates to the action pathway of hormonal control of glycogen metabolism. In the case of insulin, there are changes demonstrable in the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and also in the phosphoprotein phosphatase, under conditions where no direct relationship to either cyclic AMP or cyclic GMP levels are measurable. Therefore, a new unknown intermediate or second messenger system is again proposed. An insulin-generated labile compound(s) which inhibits the protein kinase has been discovered. This may function as an intermediate. Finally, the fact that the glycogen synthase system clearly differs from phosphorylase in its regulation by covalent phosphorylation is discussed. Synthase is now accepted as a multiply phosphorylated subunit, in contrast to phosphorylase which is singly phosphorylated. The inherent theoretical advantages of multiple phosphorylation over single phosphorylation are considered. The advantages of a multistate over a two-state model of enzyme interconversion are mentioned. The importance of the multiple phosphorylations interacting in a nonlinear manner with the control by cellular metabolites is in the explanation of how a small change in covalent phosphorylation signalled by a hormone can be translated in the cell milieu into a much larger change in rate.
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PMID:Hormonal control of glycogen metabolism. 21 30

The existence and some enzymological properties of phosphoprotein phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.16) have been established in the larval central nervous system of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). A simple, sensitive and reproducible assay employing 32-P-labeled protamine as a phosphoprotein substrate was employed to measure phosphatase activity in both soluble and particulate fractions of the insect nerve cord. The specific activity of soluble phosphatase in the Manduca sexta central nervous system is of the same order of magnitude as that in mammalian brain. Nerve cord phosphoprotamine phosphatase activity may be stimulated by a variety of monovalent salts, the optimal concentration of NaCl or KCl being 0.2 molar. Activity does not appear to be dependent on bivalent metals and is stimulated by EDTA. A reduced sulfhydryl group is obligatory for maximum activity. Phosphatase could be greatly inhibited by sodium fluoride, ATP and GTP. Cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP are without effect on enzyme activity. Although most of the phosphatase activity in the insect nerve cord appears to be of cytosolic origin, much latent activity can be unmasked by incubating membranous fractions with Triton X-100. In contrast to soluble phosphatase, the detergent-solubilized activity is moderately stimulated by Mn-2+.?
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PMID:Phosphoprotein phosphatase in the central nervous system of Manduca sexta. 23 4

A phosphoprotein phosphatase which is active against chemically phosphorylated protamine has been purified about 500-fold from bovine adrenal cortex. The enzyme has a pH optimum between 7.5 and 8.0, and has an apparent Km for phosphoprotamine of about 50 muM. The hydrolysis of phosphoprotamine is stimulated by salt, and by Mn2+. Hydrolysis of phosphoprotamine is inhibited by ATP, ADP, AMP, and Pi, but is not affected by AMP or cyclic GMP. The purified phosphoprotein phosphatase preparation also dephosphorylates p-nitrophenyl phosphate and phosphohistone, and catalyzes the inactivation of liver phosphorylase, the inactivation of muscle phosphorylase a (and its conversion to phosphorylase b), and the inactivation of muscle phosphorylase b kinase. Phosphatase activities against phosphoprotamine and muscle phosphorylase a copurify over the last three stages of purification. Phosphoprotamine inhibits phosphorylase phosphatase activity, and muscle phosphorylase a inhibits the dephosphorylation of phosphoprotamine. These results suggest that one enzyme possesses both phosphoprotamine phosphatase and phosphorylase phosphatase activities. The stimulation of phosphorylase phosphatase activity, but not of phosphoprotamine phosphatase activity, by caffeine and by glucose, suggests that the different activities of this phosphoprotein phosphatase may be regulated separately.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a phosphoprotein phosphatase from bovine adrenal cortex. 24 3

The addition of either okadaic acid or calyculin A desensitizes human platelets to thrombin. One objective of this study was to determine which step(s) leading to secretion reactions may be affected by these protein phosphatase inhibitors. In a dose-dependent manner, okadaic acid or calyculin A inhibits phosphatidylinositol metabolism and Ca(2+)-transients. In all cases, calyculin A was approximately 10-fold more potent than okadaic acid, and it had maximal effects at a concentration of 1 microM. Although thrombin-induced rises in [Ca2+]i were diminished, an increase in the phosphorylation state of myosin light chains (MLC) was still observed. Changes in this phosphorylation were diminished, however, following the addition of thrombin to calyculin A-treated platelets that were loaded with dimethyl-BAPTA. These data demonstrate that calyculin A and okadaic acid lower agonist-induced Ca(2+)-transients, which in turn prevents responses such as secretion reactions. Calyculin A/okadaic acid-induced phosphorylation events were not diminished in BAPTA-loaded platelets, suggesting that these phosphorylations are Ca(2+)-insensitive. Thus, a second objective of this study was to identify the protein kinase(s) that was(were) responsible for the calyculin A-induced phosphorylations. In a platelet lysate system, calyculin A caused an increase in the incorporation of [32P]phosphate into p50. This phosphorylation event was identical to that observed in the intact platelet and was not mimicked by cAMP, cGMP, Ca2+, or a Ca2+/phospholipid/diacylglycerol mixture. Kinase activity was removed after the lysate was incubated with p13suc1-Sepharose. This suggests that a p13suc1-sensitive protein kinase, e.g., a cell cycle-dependent protein kinase, is responsible for the calyculin A-sensitive phosphorylation events.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Inhibitors of protein phosphatase type 1 and 2A attenuate phosphatidylinositol metabolism and Ca(2+)-transients in human platelets. Role of a cdc2-related protein kinase. 132 63

Prior to confluence, cultures of Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells expressed gap junctional communication, as assessed by fluorescent dye transfer, as well as relatively high levels of an anti-connexin43 immunoreactive component referred to as connexin43 (Cx43). After confluence, dye coupling and levels of Cx43 were dramatically reduced. Immunofluorescence analysis of the distribution of Cx43 in subconfluent cultures showed punctate labeling on the plasma membrane at regions of cell apposition and a more diffuse labeling in perinuclear regions. Western blots of total cell homogenates showed that the dephosphorylated form of Cx43 was more abundant than the phosphorylated forms. Phosphorylation of Cx43 was not significantly affected by 8-Bromo-cAMP or 8-Bromo-cGMP. However, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) inhibited dye coupling and induced an increase in the amount of phosphorylated forms of Cx43 at the expense of the dephosphorylated form. This effect occurred as rapidly as 5 min after TPA treatment without apparent changes in distribution of Cx43 or cell morphology. These results suggest that second messenger pathways involving protein kinase C, but not cAMP- or cGMP-dependent protein kinase, led to changes in electrophoretic mobility of Cx43, revealed by Western blot, consistent with an alteration in the state of phosphorylation of the gap junction protein. Treatments with staurosporine, a protein kinase inhibitor, or okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, either alone or in combination with TPA, indicated that the abundance of the dephosphorylated form of Cx43 in MDCK cells was due to low kinase activity. It was also found that lowering the concentration of extracellular Ca2+, which reduced cell contact, did not affect the abundance, the state of phosphorylation, or the TPA-induced phosphorylation of Cx43. These results suggest that neither extracellular Ca2+ nor cell contact is required for basal or TPA-induced phosphorylation of Cx43.
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PMID:Connexin43 in MDCK cells: regulation by a tumor-promoting phorbol ester and Ca2+. 132 99

Chromostatin is a 20-residue peptide derived from chromogranin A (CGA), the major soluble component of secretory granules in adrenal medullary chromaffin cells. One known biological function of chromostatin is to inhibit the secretagogue-evoked catecholamine secretion from chromaffin cells. Putative receptors are present on the chromaffin-cell plasma membrane, and the activation of such receptors leads to the inhibition of L-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels. We report here that exposure of chromaffin cells to chromostatin modifies neither cAMP and cGMP levels nor protein kinase C activity but does provoke the activation of soluble protein phosphatase (PPase) type 2A in a dose-dependent manner compatible with the peptide concentration inhibiting catecholamine secretion. The activation of the PPase as well as the inhibition of both secretagogue-induced Ca2+ entry and catecholamine secretion by chromostatin were all blocked by okadaic acid, a specific PPase inhibitor. We suggest that chromostatin directly or indirectly stimulates PPase-2A, dephosphorylating a target protein and lowering its activity in the secretory process.
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PMID:Chromostatin inhibits catecholamine secretion in adrenal chromaffin cells by activating a protein phosphatase. 132 34


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