title: Molecular cloning and expression of a new putative inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase isoenzyme.
abstract: A human hippocampus cDNA library in lambda ZAP II was screened by hybridization with a rat brain inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) 3-kinase cDNA. Two clones (hh6 and hh3) were isolated and sequenced. The insert of clone hh6 was shown to correspond to the 3' end of the coding sequence of 50,000-Mr InsP3 3-kinase (referred to as 3-kinase-A). Sequencing of the clone hh3 insert yielded an open reading frame encoding a 472-amino acid protein with a calculated Mr of 53,451 (referred to as 3-kinase-B). The C-terminal part of 3-kinase-B (residues 187-462) was 68% identical with 3-kinase-A in amino acid sequence. The cDNA of clone hh3 was rescued as a Bluescript plasmid and expressed in Escherichia coli as a beta-galactosidase fusion product. It showed InsP3 3-kinase activity that was stimulated in the presence of Ca2+/calmodulin (more than 7-fold in a crude bacterial lysate from expressed plasmid). Regeneration of InsP3 3-kinase activity after SDS/PAGE identified a major polypeptide (Mr 60,000-65,000). The Km for InsP3 of expressed 3-kinase-B was 1.6 microM. These data provide molecular evidence for the existence of InsP3 3-kinase isoenzymes.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (IRIBHN), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perret
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erneux
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D010957:Plasmids; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D004247:DNA; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C051038:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase