title: Purification of a protein kinase phosphorylating myosin regulatory light chain-a (RLC-a) from smooth muscle of scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis.
abstract: A protein kinase activity phosphorylating regulatory light chain-a (RLC-a) of scallop smooth muscle myosin was found to be present in scallop smooth muscle homogenate. The kinase was purified to homogeneity and named RLC-a myosin kinase (aMK). aMK was extracted from the muscle homogenate with a low salt solution and was purified by successive DE-32 ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration on Ultrogel AcA 44, and affinity chromatography on Sepharose 4B-6-aminohexyl-1-pyrophosphate. The molecular weight of aMK was estimated to be 40-kDa from the mobility on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and 35-kDa from the elution volume on Sephadex G-150 gel filtration. The phosphorylation site of RLC-a by aMK was determined to be Ser residue(s). Only RLC-a was phosphorylated; the other regulatory light chain, RLC-b, was not. The phosphorylatable Ser of RLC-a is, therefore, considered to be Ser-11, which is located in the N-terminal region having a different amino acid sequence from that of RLC-b. RLC-a was phosphorylated by aMK 3 times faster in the free state than in the bound state to myosin. aMK does not require calmodulin and is rather inhibited by CaCl2.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002845:Chromatography; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008974:Mollusca / Q000201:enzymology*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000201:enzymology; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012694:Serine; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D009218:Myosins; D002118:Calcium