title: Purification and characterization of myosin light-chain kinase from porcine myometrium and its phosphorylation and modulation by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
abstract: Myosin light-chain kinase was purified from porcine myometrium to apparent homogeneity at about 262-fold with an Mr of 130 000 as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and a sedimentation coefficient of 4.5 S. The approximate content of the soluble myosin light-chain kinase was estimated to be about 0.85 microM. The purified enzyme exhibited strict substrate specificity only for 20-kDa myosin light chain and Ka values of 0.6 nM and 0.3 microM for calmodulin and Ca2+, respectively. The enzyme was phosphorylated by the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, which resulted in a decrease in the affinity for calmodulin of 4-7-fold without effect on the Vmax. The maximal amount of phosphate incorporated into the enzyme was 0.5-0.8 and 1.0-1.4 mol per mol of the enzyme in the presence and absence of Ca2+ and calmodulin, respectively. In the presence of a subsaturating concentration of calmodulin, the enzyme showed a lower sensitivity for Ca2+ by phosphorylation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009215:Myometrium / Q000201:enzymology*; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D011485:Protein Binding; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D002118:Calcium