title: Preference of human cdc2 kinase for peptide substrate.
abstract: Human cyclin B1-bound cdc2 kinase phosphorylated the threonine residue in the sequence -Thr-Pro-Lys-Lys-Ala- but hardly phosphorylated it in the sequence -Thr-Pro-Lys-Ala-Lys. The sequence -Thr-Pro-Ala-Pro-Lys-, as found in p53 protein, was also phosphorylated by this enzyme, but less efficiently than in the sequence described above. When the threonine residue in -Thr-Pro-Lys-Lys-Ala- was changed to a serine or a tyrosine residue, the enzyme phosphorylated the serine, but not the tyrosine residue. Changing the lysine next to the proline to alanine reduced its efficiency as a substrate. The peptide, Ala-Ala-Ala-Ala-Lys-Thr-Pro-Ala-Lys-Ala-Ala, containing the -Thr-Pro-Ala-Lys- sequence, but not the other lysine residues, was not used as a substrate by the kinase.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamijo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Yau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagahama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohba
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase