title: Structural organization of the lens fiber cell plasma membrane protein MP18.
abstract: The 18,000-dalton bovine lens fiber cell intrinsic membrane protein MP18 was phosphorylated on a serine residue by both cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C. In addition, this protein bound calmodulin and was recognized by a monoclonal antibody (2D10). These different regions were localized using enzymatic and chemical fragmentation of electrophoretically purified MP18 that had been phosphorylated with either cAMP-dependent protein kinase or protein kinase C. Partial digestion of 32P-labeled MP18 with protease V8 resulted in a Mr = 17,000 peptide that bound calmodulin, but neither contained 32P or was recognized by the monoclonal antibody 2D10. Furthermore, the 17-kDa peptide had the same N-terminal amino acid sequence as MP18. Thus, the monoclonal antibody 2D10 recognition site and the protein kinase phosphorylation site(s) are close together and confined to a small region in the C terminus of MP18. This conclusion was confirmed in experiments where MP18 was fragmented with trypsin, endoproteinase Lys-C, or CNBr. The location of the phosphorylation site was confirmed by sequencing the small 32P-labeled, C-terminal peptide that resulted from protease V8 digestion of 32P-labeled MP18. This peptide contained a consensus sequence for cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galvan
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Lampe
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Eccleston
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arneson
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Louis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010748:Phosphopeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010748:Phosphopeptides; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes; D011494:Protein Kinases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C028344:glutamyl endopeptidase; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide