title: Phosphorylation of Xenopus elongation factor-1 gamma by cdc2 protein kinase: identification of the phosphorylation site.
abstract: The cdc2 protein kinase phosphorylates elongation factor-1 gamma (EF-1 gamma) during meiotic maturation of Xenopus oocytes. A synthetic peptide P2: PKKETPKKEKPA matching the cDNA-deduced sequence of EF-1 gamma was an in vitro substrate for cdc2 protein kinase and inhibited phosphorylation of EF-1 gamma. Tryptic hydrolysis of EF-1 gamma and the P2 peptide, both phosphorylated by cdc2 protein kinase, resulted in multiple partial digestion products generated by the presence of barely hydrolysable bonds. The two peptides obtained from the hydrolysis of EF-1 gamma comigrated exactly in two-dimensional separation with two of the P2 peptide hydrolysates. EF-1 gamma therefore contains one unique phosphoacceptor for cdc2 protein kinase, identified as threonine-230.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Reproduction, UPMC, CNRS URA 1449, INRA, Paris, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mulner-Lorillon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cormier
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cavadore
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poulhe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellé
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D013912:Threonine / Q000378:metabolism; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D013912:Threonine; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase