title: Molecular analysis of microtubule-associated protein-2 kinase cDNA from mouse and rat brain.
abstract: We have isolated and characterized brain cDNA clones encoding microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP-2) kinase for rat (rMNK1) and mouse (mMNK1). The nucleotide sequences diverged by only 5% whereas the amino acid sequences were identical except for one conservative residue change. Conservation of the expressed sequence extended into other mammalian species. These findings constitute the first demonstration of a strict evolutionary conservation of MAP-2 kinase. Genomic restriction patterns revealed a single MAP-2 kinase gene that shares homology with other genomic sequences. The 3' terminal half of the gene appears to be encoded by four exons. rMNK1 and mMNK1 differed from a recently reported MAP-2 kinase cDNA, termed ERK1, because of a nonconservative change in position 82, from Gly in ERK1 to Arg in rMNK1. The rMNK1 gene was found to be expressed mainly as a 1.8-kb transcript that was highest in brain and in lung. In contrast to ERK1, rMNK1 showed two equally prominent mRNA species in liver, at 1.8 kb and 5 kb, which imply differential processing of the primary transcript. Results derived from the immunological screening of an expression library showed that MAP-2 kinase might share epitopes with two prominent protein kinase C substrates, MARCKS (an 80-kD protein kinase C substrate) and GAP-43, suggesting the possibility that MAP-2 kinase could interact with kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Miguel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kligman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Detera-Wadleigh
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D015870:Gene Expression; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D000882:Haplorhini; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C000619710:MARCKS protein, human; C000619711:Marcks protein, mouse; C000619712:Marcks protein, rat; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D004247:DNA; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases