Nucleic acids can regulate the activity of casein kinase II
- 25 September 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 255 (2) , 414-418
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(89)81135-4
Abstract
Casein kinase II purified from nuclei of Xenopus laevis oocytes is inhibited by several specific nucleic acids. This kinase, the main phosphorylating activity of the oocyte nucleus, is markedly inhibited by poly U at 10 μg/ml, and this polymer is a competitive inhibitor of the phosporylation of the substrate casein (Kiapp 80 nM). M 13 phage ssDNA and unfractionated yeast tRNA also inhibit between 50 and 200 μg/ml. Poly C, poly A, poly AG, dsDNA and Escherichia coli rRNA do not alter activity significantly at similar concentrations. Inhibitions are reversed by RNase (poly U, tRNA) or S1 nuclease (ssDNA). Oocyte casein kinase I or rabbit cAMP‐dependent protein kinase are not inhibited by poly U at 200 μg/ml. The sensitivity of the casein kinase II to these inhibitors suggests a regulatory role for nucleic acids in nuclear phosphorylation reactions.Keywords
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