title: A truncated protein kinase domain of the large subunit of herpes simplex virus type 2 ribonucleotide reductase (ICP10) expressed in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The amino-terminal domain of the large subunit of herpes simplex virus type 2 ribonucleotide reductase (ICP10) contains a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase that has characteristics of a growth factor receptor (Chung, T. D., Wymer, J. P., Smith, C. C., Kulka, M., and Aurelian, L. (1989) J. Virol. 63, 3389-3398; Chung, T. D., Wymer, J. P., Kulka, M. Smith, C. C., and Aurelian, L. (1990) Virology 179, 168-178). To characterize this protein kinase (PK) domain further we constructed a bacterial expression vector (pJL11) containing DNA sequences encoding ICP10 amino acid residues 1-445. Bacteria containing pJL11 were induced to express a 29-kDa protein (designated pp29la1) that represents a truncated portion of the ICP10-PK domain (includes PK catalytic motifs I-V) as demonstrated by immunoprecipitation with antibodies that recognize different antigenic domains, competition studies with extracts of ICP10-positive eukaryotic cells, and peptide mapping.pp29la1 has autophosphorylating and transphosphorylating activity for calmodulin. The enzyme is activated by Mn2+ but not by Mg2+ ions, and autophosphorylation is inhibited by histone. It differs from the authentic ICP10-PK in that phosphorylation is specific only for threonine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kulka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aurelian
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015870:Gene Expression; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010769:Phosphothreonine / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012264:Ribonucleotide Reductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000201:enzymology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D006657:Histones; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins; D010769:Phosphothreonine; D008345:Manganese; D012264:Ribonucleotide Reductases; D011494:Protein Kinases; D008274:Magnesium