title: Expression and characterization of the alpha-subunit of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II using the baculovirus expression system.
abstract: Sf9 cells infected with the recombinant mouse CaMKII-alpha (Ca2+/calmodulin dependent kinase II) baculovirus expressed 12-15 mg of MCaMKII-alpha per liter of cells. Approximately 50% of the MCaMKII-alpha activity could be purified using a CaM-Sepharose affinity column. The purified MCaMKII-alpha had a M(rapp) of 50 kDa by SDS-PAGE and a native Mr of 600 kDa. MCaMKII-alpha, like rat brain CaMKII, had an A0.5 for CaM of 100 nM, a Km for syntide-2 of 8 microM, and was able to generate Ca2(+)-independent activity by autophosphorylation. The baculovirus system expressed large quantities of MCaMKII-alpha with characteristics similar to the rat brain CaMKII, thus providing an expression system for the detailed biochemical analysis of MCaMKII-alpha.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0615.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Brickey
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Colbran
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Soderling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015870:Gene Expression; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases