title: Molecular cloning, characterization, and expression of a cDNA encoding the "80- to 87-kDa" myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate: a major cellular substrate for protein kinase C.
abstract: We isolated and sequenced a cDNA clone encoding the bovine "80- to 87-kDa" protein, a major cellular substrate for protein kinase C. An open reading frame of 1005 base pairs predicted a protein of 335 amino acids (Mr, 31,949). Despite this predicted size, the protein migrated on SDS/polyacrylamide gels with an apparent molecular weight of 80-87,000 after expression of the cDNA in cells lacking the protein. It was highly enriched in alanine (28.4 mol %), contained an amino-terminal myristoylation consensus sequence, and included a 25-residue basic domain containing the known protein kinase C phosphorylation sites. Two mRNA species (2.6 and 4.4 kilobases) were most highly expressed in brain, spinal cord, spleen, and lung, in parallel with the distribution of immuno-reactive protein. Genomic blot analysis indicated the likelihood of a single gene coding for this mRNA. We propose the name myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) for this protein.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Stumpo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Graff
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greengard
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Blackshear
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D004247:DNA; D011493:Protein Kinase C