title: The alpha subunit of type II Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase is highly conserved in Drosophila.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody against rat brain type II Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase) precipitates three proteins from Drosophila heads with apparent molecular weights similar to those of the subunits of the rat brain kinase. Fly heads also contain a CaM kinase activity that becomes partially independent of Ca2+ after autophosphorylation, as does the rat brain kinase. We have isolated a Drosophila cDNA encoding an amino acid sequence that is 77% identical to the sequence of the rat alpha subunit. All known autophosphorylation sites are conserved, including the site that controls Ca(2+)-independent activity. The gene encoding the cDNA is located between 102E and F on the fourth chromosome. The protein product of this gene is expressed at much higher levels in the fly head than in the body. Thus, both the amino acid sequence and the tissue specificity of the mammalian kinase are highly conserved in Drosophila.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Pugh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011494:Protein Kinases