title: Amino acid sequence of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase.
abstract: The amino acid sequence of the amino-terminal, 235-residue segment of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase has been determined. Together with the carboxyl-terminal segment previously described [Takio, K., Blumenthal, D. K., Edelman, A. M., Walsh, K. A., Krebs, E. G., & Titani, K. (1985) Biochemistry 24, 6028], the present work completes the 603-residue sequence of this protein. The amino-terminal segment that has been analyzed herein corresponds to a domain reported to be of highly asymmetrical shape and as yet unknown function. Secondary structure calculations failed to provide any evidence of alpha-helix or beta-structures, but polyproline II like helical structure is possible. Sequence analysis indicates the presence of approximately equal quantities of two isoforms differing in a single amino acid replacement. Unexpected difficulties were encountered in the present sequence analysis due to the presence of acid-labile Asp-Pro bonds and to five separable variants of a blocked 21-residue amino-terminal peptide, arising from rearrangement at an Asn-Gly bond.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology*; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases