title: Identification of a neuroregulated phosphoprotein in skeletal muscle as the regulatory subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase II.
abstract: When soluble proteins in cytosolic fractions of rat soleus muscles are 32P-phosphorylated in vitro by an ATP:protein phosphotransferase reaction, the major substrate is a 56-kilodalton (56K) protein. As we have also reported previously, the onset and development of increased 32P-phosphorylation of this 56K protein, which are observed after the soleus is denervated, temporally correlate with the denervation period and length of the distal nerve stump [Held et al, 1983]. Conclusive evidence which identifies this neuroregulated muscle protein as the regulatory subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase type II (R-II) is presented in this paper. The 56K soleus protein and purified bovine heart R-II were 32P-phosphorylated and subjected to limited proteolysis with bovine pancreas trypsin. After resolution of the generated 32P-phosphopeptides by SDS slab PAGE and visualization by autoradiography, no tryptic products were observed from the 56K soleus protein which were not also produced by proteolysis of the purified R-II. These tryptic phosphopeptides included 39, 16.5, and 12K fragments which retained the autophosphorylation site of R-II. After denervation, the 32P-phosphorylation of the 56K soleus protein and of the 39K tryptic peptide product were comparably increased. The identification of the neuroregulated 56K soleus protein as R-II was also confirmed by Western blotting with a specific anti-R-II sera. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the previously observed neuroregulation of the 32P-phosphorylation of the 56K soleus protein is identifiable with some alteration which affects the intramolecular 32P-autophosphorylation of R-II.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D003101:Collodion; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation* / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010209:Paper; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C015482:protein kinase modulator; D003101:Collodion; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D014357:Trypsin