TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase cascade
T2 - Molecular cloning and expression of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase
AU - Tokumitsu, Hiroshi
AU - Enslen, Hervé
AU - Soderling, Thomas R.
PY - 1995/8/18
Y1 - 1995/8/18
N2 - Recent studies have demonstrated that Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaM-kinase IV) can mediate Ca2+-dependent regulation of gene expression through the phosphorylation of transcriptional activating proteins. We have previously identified and purified a 68-kDa rat brain CaM-kinase kinase that phosphorylates and increases total and Ca2+-independent activities of CaM-kinase IV (Tokumitsu, H., Brickey, D. A., Gold, J., Hidaka, H., Sikela, J., and Soderling, T. R. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 28640-28647). Using a partial amino acid sequence of the purified brain kinase, a CaM-kinase kinase cDNA was cloned from a rat brain cDNA library. Northern blot analysis showed that CaM-kinase kinase mRNA (3.4 kilobases) was expressed in rat brain, thymus, and spleen. Sequence analyses revealed that the cDNA encoded a 505-amino acid protein, which contained consensus protein kinase motifs and was 30-40% homologous with members of the CaM-kinase family. Expression of the cDNA in COS-7 cells yielded an apparent 68-kDa CaM-binding protein, which catalyzed in vitro activation in the presence of Mg2+/ATP and Ca2+/ CaM of CaM-kinases I and IV but not of CaM-kinase II. Co-expression of CaM-kinase kinase with CaM-kinase IV gave a 14-fold enhancement of cAMP-response elementbinding protein-dependent gene expression compared with CaM-kinase IV alone. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that CaM-kinases I and IV are regulated through a unique signal transduction cascade involving CaM-kinase kinase.
AB - Recent studies have demonstrated that Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaM-kinase IV) can mediate Ca2+-dependent regulation of gene expression through the phosphorylation of transcriptional activating proteins. We have previously identified and purified a 68-kDa rat brain CaM-kinase kinase that phosphorylates and increases total and Ca2+-independent activities of CaM-kinase IV (Tokumitsu, H., Brickey, D. A., Gold, J., Hidaka, H., Sikela, J., and Soderling, T. R. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 28640-28647). Using a partial amino acid sequence of the purified brain kinase, a CaM-kinase kinase cDNA was cloned from a rat brain cDNA library. Northern blot analysis showed that CaM-kinase kinase mRNA (3.4 kilobases) was expressed in rat brain, thymus, and spleen. Sequence analyses revealed that the cDNA encoded a 505-amino acid protein, which contained consensus protein kinase motifs and was 30-40% homologous with members of the CaM-kinase family. Expression of the cDNA in COS-7 cells yielded an apparent 68-kDa CaM-binding protein, which catalyzed in vitro activation in the presence of Mg2+/ATP and Ca2+/ CaM of CaM-kinases I and IV but not of CaM-kinase II. Co-expression of CaM-kinase kinase with CaM-kinase IV gave a 14-fold enhancement of cAMP-response elementbinding protein-dependent gene expression compared with CaM-kinase IV alone. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that CaM-kinases I and IV are regulated through a unique signal transduction cascade involving CaM-kinase kinase.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.270.33.19320
DO - 10.1074/jbc.270.33.19320
M3 - Article
C2 - 7642608
AN - SCOPUS:0028978850
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 270
SP - 19320
EP - 19324
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 33
ER -