Detection of a Calcium-Activated Protein Kinase in Mougeotia by Using Synthetic Peptide Substrates
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- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 91 (4) , 1613-1619
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.91.4.1613
Abstract
By using a synthetic peptide, KM-14, a protein kinase was detected and partially purified from Mougeotia sp. The peptide contains the sequence of the regulatory light chain of smooth muscle myosin that is phosphorylated by calcium-calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase (MLCK). The Mougeotia kinase was stimulated 40-fold by calcium with half-maximal stimulation occurring at 1.5 micromolar. The enzyme was fractionated from calmodulin and was depleted of calmodulin based on enzyme activator analysis. The calmodulin-depleted enzyme was fully active and calcium dependent, and was not stimulated further by exogenous calmodulin nor by the calcium effectors phosphatidylserine and diacylglycerol. The enzyme phosphorylated intact chicken gizzard myosin light chain as well as the KM-14 substrate. KM-13, a peptide analog of KM-14 with a deletion of a glutamine at position 5, was a poor substrate with a Vmax/Km ratio 200-fold lower than KM-14. Thus, similarly to vertebrate MLCK, the Mougeotia enzyme is very sensitive to changes in sequence surrounding the phosphorylation site. Calcium-dependent KM-14 kinase activity also was detected in two other algae, Mesotaenium caldariorum and Spirogyra sp., as well as in pea seedlings. The data suggest that plant and algal tissues possess an enzyme with a substrate specificity similar to MLCK, but unlike MLCK, does not appear to require calmodulin for activity.Keywords
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