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Properties of a microtubule-associated cofactor-independent protein kinase from pig brain.

ABSTRACT: A protein kinase activity was identified in pig brain that co-purified with microtubules through repeated cycles of temperature-dependent assembly and disassembly. The microtubule-associated protein kinase (MTAK) phosphorylated histone H1; this activity was not stimulated by cyclic nucleotides. Ca2+ plus calmodulin, phospholipids or polyamines. MTAK did not phosphorylate synthetic peptides which are substrates for cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, protein kinase C or casein kinase II. MTAK activity was inhibited by trifluoperazine [IC50 (median inhibitory concn.) = 600 microM] in a Ca2+-independent fashion. Ca2+ alone was inhibitory [IC50 = 4 mM). MTAK was not inhibited by heparin, a potent inhibitor of casein kinase II, nor a synthetic peptide inhibitor of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. MTAK demonstrated a broad pH maximum (7.5-8.5) and an apparent Km for ATP of 45 microM. Mg2+ was required for enzyme activity and could not be replaced by Mn2+. MTAK phosphorylated serine and threonine residues on histone H1. MTAK is a unique cofactor-independent protein kinase that binds to microtubule structures.

SUBMITTER: Scott CW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1133410 | biostudies-other | 1989 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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