title: A novel tau-tubulin kinase from bovine brain.
abstract: During purification of tau protein kinase I and II from the bovine brain extract, a new tau protein kinase was detected and purified with phosphocellulose, gel filtration, S-Sepharose and AF-Heparin column chromatography. The molecular mass of the enzyme was determined to be 32 kDa by gel filtration and activity staining on SDS-PAGE. The enzyme is a Ser/Thr protein kinase phosphorylating tau, beta-tubulin, MAP2 and alpha-casein. Employing many synthetic peptides, the recognition site of this enzyme appears to be -SR-. The enzyme requires no second messenger and is inhibited with high concentration of heparin, but not by inhibitors of CKI. These results indicate that this enzyme, tau-tubulin kinase is novel and distinct from TPKI, II and CKI, II.
authors.affiliation: Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences (Project 2), Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohtake
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omori
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002364:Caseins / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002845:Chromatography; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D006657:Histones; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D014404:Tubulin; D016875:tau Proteins; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006493:Heparin; C095903:tau-tubulin kinase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases