title: Cloning and cDNA sequence of the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase from Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: cDNA clones encoding the regulatory subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (ATP:protein phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.37) from Dictyostelium discoideum were isolated by immunoscreening of a cDNA library constructed in the expression vector lambda gt11. High-affinity cAMP-binding activity was detected in extracts from bacteria lysogenized with these clones. Nucleotide sequence analysis of three overlapping clones allowed the determination of a 1195-base-pair cDNA sequence coding for the entire regulatory subunit and containing nontranslated 5' and 3' sequences. The open reading frame codes for a protein of 327 amino acids, with molecular weight 36,794. The regulatory subunit from Dictyostelium shares a high degree of homology with its mammalian counterparts, but is lacking the NH2-terminal domain required for the association of regulatory subunits into dimers in other eukaryotes. On the basis of the comparison of the regulatory subunits from Dictyostelium, yeast, and bovine tissues, a model for the evolution of these proteins is proposed.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mutzel
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lacombe
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Gunzburg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veron
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C015482:protein kinase modulator; D004247:DNA; D011494:Protein Kinases