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The 'native' Mg-ATP-dependent protein phosphatase was isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle by a procedure that avoided the use of organic solvents or heating at 90-100 degrees C. The purified enzyme was composed of two major proteins (molecular mass 37 kDa and 31 kDa) that were present in a 1:1 molar ratio, and accounted for 70-80% of the material. The 37-kDa component comigrated with the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase-1, and its identity with this protein was established by peptide mapping, and by its cleavage to the characteristic 34-kDa and 33-kDa fragments following incubation with chymotrypsin. The 31-kDa protein comigrated with inhibitor-2, and its identity with this protein was established by its heat stability, ability to inhibit protein phosphatase-1 at nanomolar concentrations, and its phosphorylation on a threonine residue by glycogen synthase kinase 3. It is therefore concluded that the 'native' Mg-ATP-dependent protein phosphatase is composed of the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase-1 (37 kDa) and inhibitor-2 (31 kDa) in a 1:1 molar ratio. The 'native' Mg-ATP-dependent protein phosphatase had virtually identical properties to the enzyme reconstituted from inhibitor-2 and the 37-kDa catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase-1. Each preparation had a similar specific activity and was inhibited by identical concentrations of inhibitor-1. Both enzymes could be activated by incubation with glycogen synthase kinase-3 and Mg-ATP, or by Mn2+ and trypsin (or chymotrypsin). However, Mn2+ alone, or proteinase digestion in the absence of Mn2+, failed to activate either preparation. Incubation with glycogen synthase kinase-3 and Mg-ATP did not dissociate the 'native' or 'reconstituted' enzymes, whereas treatment with Mn2+ and trypsin decreased their apparent molecular masses from 70 kDa to 35 kDa. Incubation with chymotrypsin converted the 'native' and 'reconstituted' enzymes to forms that required preincubation with glycogen synthase kinase-3, Mg-ATP and inhibitor-2, in order to exhibit catalytic activity. The Mg-ATP-dependent protein phosphatase reconstituted from the 'nicked' 33-kDa catalytic subunit dissociated upon activation, in contrast to the enzyme reconstituted from the undegraded 37-kDa catalytic subunit. The results suggest that a 3-4-kDa fragment at one end of the polypeptide is involved in strengthening interaction between the undegraded 37-kDa catalytic subunit and the phosphorylated form of inhibitor-2.
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PMID:The protein phosphatases involved in cellular regulation. Comparison of native and reconstituted Mg-ATP-dependent protein phosphatases from rabbit skeletal muscle. 609 83

In intact red cells a CaMg-ATPase activity commensurable with that of the Ca-pump exists consisting mainly of protein kinase-protein phosphatase enzymes. The Ca:ATP stoichiometry of the Ca-pump is most probably 2:1, the deviation from this value at low [Ca] in inside-out-vesicles is possibly an artifact. Ca-affinity of the Ca-pump is low in intact red cells, where both calmodulin and calmodulin binding protein are present, and the cAMP-dependent activatory mechanism found in many other cells is inactive. Ca-affinity, however, can be enhanced by A23187, by Ca-EGTA buffers at the internal membrane surface (eliminating some structural divalent cations?), by enrichment in calmodulin and loss in calmodulin binding protein and by mild proteolytic effects on the inner surface of the membrane. Mild trypsin treatment of the external surface of the membrane increases the hydrolysis rate, but not the Ca-affinity of the Ca-pump and other CaMg-ATPases, increases membrane protein phosphorylation and protects against echinocytic shape transformation. All these findings reflect the interrelatedness of several membrane components influencing the rate and/or Ca-affinity of CaMg-ATPases.
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PMID:Ca-transport and CaMg-ATPase activity in human red cell preparations. 611 87

Studies were made on the dephosphorylation and activation of chicken liver acetyl-coenzyme-A carboxylase. The enzyme isolated by avidin-Sepharose affinity chromatography in the presence of protein phosphatase inhibitors contained 4.9 +/- 0.2 mol of alkali-labile phosphate/mol subunit and had a specific activity of 3.5 +/- 0.4 units/mg protein. The purified enzyme was dephosphorylated and activated concomitantly when incubated in the presence of protein phosphatase with a release of approximately 2 mol of phosphate/mol subunit. Limited tryptic digestion of the native and dephosphorylated forms of the enzyme (Mr 220 000) containing 4.9 and 2.9 mol of phosphate/mol of subunit, respectively, gave almost quantitatively similar polypeptides of Mr 215 000 containing 4.0 mol and 3.0 mol of phosphate per mol, respectively, which were indistinguishable by dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A peptide of Mr approximately 5000 was lost from both enzymes. This result suggests that at least one of the two protein-phosphatase-labile phosphorylation sites is sensitive to trypsin. The native enzyme and those modified by protein phosphatase or by limited tryptic digestion exhibited a bi-phasic dependence on citrate. Activation of the native enzyme by protein phosphatase occurred at all the concentrations of citrate used. However, activation of the enzyme by limited tryptic digestion was found at concentrations greater than 5 mM citrate. The dephosphorylation by protein phosphatase caused an approximately fivefold activation in the enzyme activity when assayed at physiological concentrations of citrate (0.5-2.0 mM).
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PMID:Dephosphorylation and activation of chicken liver acetyl-coenzyme-A carboxylase. 613 6

Sarcoplasmic phosphorylase phosphatase extracted from ground skeletal muscle was recovered in a high molecular weight from (Mr = 250000). This enzyme has been purified from extracts by anion-exchange and gel chromatography to yield a preparation with three major protein components of Mr 83000, 72000, and 32000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. The phosphorylase phosphatase activity of the complex form was activated more than 10-fold by Mn2+, with a K0.5 of 10(-5) M, but not by Mg2+ or Ca2+. Manganese activation occurred over a period of several minutes and resulted primarily in an increase in Vmax of a phosphatase that was sensitive to trypsin. Activation persisted after gel filtration, and the active form of the enzyme did not contain bound manganese measured by using 54Mn2+. A contaminating p-nitrophenylphosphatase was activated by either Mn2+ (K0.5 of 10(-4) M) or Mg2+ (K0.5 of 10(-3) M). Unlike the protein phosphatase this enzyme was inactive following removal of the metal ions by gel filtration. The phosphatase complex could be dissociated into its component subunits by precipitation with 50% acetone at 20 degrees C in the presence of an inert divalent cation, reducing agent, and bovine serum albumin. Two catalytic subunits were quantitatively recovered; one of Mr 83000 was a trypsin-sensitive manganese-activated phosphatase and the second of Mr 32000 was trypsin-stable and metal ion dependent. Both enzymes were effective in catalyzing the dephosphorylation of either phosphorylase a or the regulatory subunit of adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate (cAMP) dependent protein kinase, but neither subunit possessed p-nitrophenylphosphatase activity.
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PMID:Phosphorylase phosphatase complex from skeletal muscle. Activation of one of two catalytic subunits by manganese ions. 625 90

Limited proteolysis of calmodulin with trypsin in the presence of ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N, N,N',N'-tetracetic acid (EGTA) or Ca2+ was performed according to a modification of the method of Drabikowski et al. (Drabikowski, W., Kuznicki, J., and Grabarek, Z. (1977) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 485, 124-133). The resulting peptides were purified by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Tryptic digests in EGTA yielded peptides 1-106, 1-90, and 107-148 with yields of 9, 47, and 61%, respectively. The digests performed with Ca2+ yielded peptides 1-77 and 78-148 in 35 and 45% yield. Analysis by high performance liquid chromatography indicated that the purified fragments contained less than 0.1% contamination by calmodulin, thus allowing a definitive study of the ability of these fragments to activate, or interact with, calmodulin-regulated enzymes and anti-calmodulin drugs. Each of the fragments, except 107-148, bound to a phenothiazine affinity column in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Thus, calmodulin contains two interaction sites for phenothiazines: one on the NH2-terminal half (fragment 1-77) and one on the COOH-terminal half (fragment 78-148). None of the fragments activates the protein phosphatase, calcineurin, or prevents its stimulation by calmodulin, nor does any of the fragments stimulate Ca2+-dependent cAMP phosphodiesterase. A single cleavage in the middle of the calmodulin molecule results in the rapid dissociation of the two resultant fragments and a loss of ability to activate cAMP phosphodiesterase. One fragment, 78-148, interacts with phosphodiesterase and prevents its activation by calmodulin (Ki: 1.5 +/- 0.4 X 10(-6) M). The same fragment, 78-148, can fully activate phosphorylase kinase but with a lower affinity than calmodulin (Kuznicki, J., Grabarek, Z., Brzeska, H., Drabikowski, W., and Cohen, P. (1981) FEBS Lett. 130, 141-145). Thus, peptide 78-148 behaves as a calmodulin agonist or antagonist or as neither, depending on the enzyme under study.
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PMID:Agonist and antagonist properties of calmodulin fragments. 632 72

The calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase from bovine brain is composed of two subunits: subunit A, Mr 60,000, and subunit B, Mr 16,500. Using in vitro immunization techniques, we have produced a monoclonal antibody specific for the phosphatase. The antibody was immobilized to Sepharose 4B to prepare an immunoabsorbent column, which was used to purify the enzyme. Phosphatase isolated from the column showed a polypeptide with Mr 60,000, equivalent to subunit A, which showed calmodulin-dependent phosphatase activity. Subunit B was not obtained from the column. Limited trypsin digestion stimulated phosphatase activity, yielding polypeptides of Mr 59,000, 43,000, and 16,000; the phosphatase activity after trypsin digestion was calmodulin independent. Chromatography of trypsin-treated phosphatase on an immunoaffinity column yielded two proteins, Mr 59,000 and 43,000, that were catalytically active and calmodulin independent. In a separate experiment, the two subunits of the phosphatase were separated by gel filtration in 6 M urea. Subunit A isolated from the filtration column showed little or no activity in the presence of Ca2+ and calmodulin, but it showed calmodulin-dependent phosphatase activity in the presence of 0.8 mM Mn2+. Subunit B was catalytically inactive. Collectively, these results indicate that subunit A and its proteolytic fragment contain the catalytic site and the antigenic determinant for the monoclonal antibody.
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PMID:Catalytic site of calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase from bovine brain resides in subunit A. 632 93

A high molecular weight protein phosphatase (phosphatase H-II) was isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle. The enzyme had a Mr = 260,000 as determined by gel filtration and possessed two types of subunit, of Mr = 70,000 and 35,000, respectively, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. On ethanol treatment, the enzyme was dissociated to an active species of Mr = 35,000. The purified phosphatase dephosphorylated lysine-rich histone, phosphorylase a, glycogen synthase, and phosphorylase kinase. It dephosphorylated both the alpha- and beta-subunit phosphates of phosphorylase kinase, with a preference for the dephosphorylation of the alpha-subunit phosphate over the beta-subunit phosphate of phosphorylase kinase. The enzyme also dephosphorylated p-nitrophenyl phosphate at alkaline pH. Phosphatase H-II is distinct from the major phosphorylase phosphatase activities in the muscle extracts. Its enzymatic properties closely resemble that of a Mr = 33,500 protein phosphatase (protein phosphatase C-II) isolated from the same tissue. However, despite their similarity of enzymatic properties, the Mr = 35,000 subunit of phosphatase H-II is physically different from phosphatase C-II as revealed by their different sizes on sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis. On trypsin treatment of the enzyme, this subunit is converted to a form which is a similar size to phosphatase C-II.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of a high molecular weight protein phosphatase from rabbit skeletal muscle. 633 61

Calcineurin, a heterodimer of calcineurin B, a 19,000 Mr Ca2+-binding subunit, and calcineurin A, a 61,000 Mr calmodulin-binding subunit, was previously proposed to be a calmodulin- and Ca2+-regulated protein phosphatase. Like other calmodulin-stimulated enzymes, calcineurin can be activated and rendered calmodulin- and Ca2+-independent by limited proteolysis. By glycerol gradient centrifugation, the native enzyme has a s20,w of 4.5 S in EGTA and 5 S in the presence of Ca2+-calmodulin. Under the same conditions, the s20,w of the trypsin-activated enzyme (4.3 S) is not affected by Ca2+ and calmodulin. The trypsin-treated enzyme is a heterodimer of calcineurin B and a 45,000 Mr fragment of calcineurin A that has lost its ability to interact with calmodulin. Phosphatase activity sediments with calcineurin or its proteolytic fragments, providing further evidence that calcineurin is indeed a protein phosphatase. Calmodulin protects calcineurin against tryptic digestion; proteolysis occurs more slowly, yielding fragments with Mr 57,000, 55,000, and 54,000 that have preserved their ability to interact with calmodulin. After trypsin treatment in the presence of calmodulin, the protein phosphatase activity of calcineurin is still regulated by calmodulin. Prolonged trypsin treatment in the presence of calmodulin produces a 46,000 Mr fragment. Unlike the fragments generated in the absence of calmodulin, this 46,000 Mr fragment still interacts weakly with calmodulin. Thus, calcineurin, like other calmodulin-regulated enzymes, consists of a catalytic domain resistant to proteolysis and a calmodulin-binding regulatory domain susceptible to protease action in the absence of calmodulin but not in its presence. In the absence of calmodulin, the regulatory domain exerts an inhibitory effect on the catalytic domain; the inhibition is relieved upon calmodulin binding to or tryptic degradation of the regulatory domain.
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PMID:Activation of calcineurin by limited proteolysis. 657 38

Neoplastic alterations of type 1 alpha protein phosphatase (PP1 alpha) have been studied in rat ascites hepatoma cells, using regenerating liver after partial hepatectomy and normal rat liver as controls. In the particulate fraction of hepatomas, potential PP1 activity and the amount of PP1 alpha were remarkably increased compared with either regenerating or normal livers. In the nuclear fraction, PP1 activity and the amount of PP1 alpha were increased in hepatoma compared with the controls. The nuclear PP1 activity in hepatomas was activated by treatment with CO2+/trypsin, whereas that of normal or regenerating liver was not activated. These characteristic alterations of PP1 alpha in its amount and subcellular distribution may be implicated in malignant phenotype(s) such as uncontrolled cell growth.
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PMID:Neoplastic alterations in subcellular distribution of type 1 alpha protein phosphatase in rat ascites hepatoma cells. 763 44

Phosphorylation in vivo of several proteins in the mammalian heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex (hnRNP), including A1, has been observed and proposed as a regulatory step in pre-mRNA splicing [Maryland, S. H., Dwen, P., & Pederson, T. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90, 7764-7768]. We examined the ability of recombinant hnRNP protein A1 to act as a substrate for a number of purified Ser/Thr protein kinases in vitro. A survey of seven protein kinases showed that A1 was heavily phosphorylated by protein kinase C (PKC) and also was phosphorylated by casein kinase II, protamine kinase, and protein kinase A. In contrast, autophosphorylation-activated protein kinase and two forms of myelin basic protein kinase failed to phosphorylate A1. Proteolysis with trypsin and V8 protease revealed that PKC phosphorylates A1 at three main sites, two in the N-terminal domain (spanning residues 2-196) and one in the C-terminal domain (spanning residues 197-320). Amino acid sequencing revealed that these sites were Ser95, Ser192, and Ser199; phosphorylation at Ser192 was more abundant than at Ser95 and Ser199. Phosphorylation by PKC inhibited the strand annealing activity of A1. Protein phosphatase 2A, but not protein phosphatase 1, dephosphorylated A1 and reversed the inhibitory effect of PKC phosphorylation on the strand annealing activity. A conformational change in the C-terminal domain of A1 was observed upon PKC phosphorylation, and this was associated with a decrease in A1's affinity for single-stranded polynucleotides. The results are consistent with a role of phosphorylation of A1 in regulating its strand annealing activity in vivo.
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PMID:Regulation of in vitro nucleic acid strand annealing activity of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein protein A1 by reversible phosphorylation. 772 89


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