Phospholipid‐sensitive Ca2+‐dependent protein kinase phosphorylates the β subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF‐2)
- 8 August 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 159 (1-2) , 167-170
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(83)80439-6
Abstract
The ability of homogeneous phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase (PL-Ca-PK) from pig spleen to phosphorylate eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF-2) was examined. PL-Ca-PK phosphorylated the β-subunit of eIF-2, whereas myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and cyclic AMP- and cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinases (cA-PK and cG-PK) did not. PL-Ca-PK could incorporate a maximum of 1.6 mol phosphate/mol eIF-2. The app. K m and V max for PL-Ca-PK phosphorylation of eIF-2 were 0.13 μM and 0.02 μmol. min−1.mg enzyme−1, respectively. Phosphoamino acid analysis revealed that incorporation of phosphate into eIF-2 occurred almost exclusively at serine residues. These findings indicate that eIF-2 was an effective substrate for PL-Ca-PK, suggesting that this enzyme may play a role in the regulation of protein synthesis.Keywords
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