title: Cloning and structural analysis of the gene for cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit from Plasmodium yoelii.
abstract: We isolated the gene encoding the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (cAPK[C]) from Plasmodium yoelii by screening a genomic library for the DNA fragment as produced by the polymerase chain reaction. The deduced protein of 341 amino acids conserves residues that are important for the function of serine/threonine protein kinases and shows the highest homology to cAPK[C]s of other organisms. However, P. yoelii cAPK[C] has 8 residues, which are perfectly conserved in cAPK[C]s of other organisms, radically replaced with residues having different side-chain properties. It is stressed that two radical replacements occur in regions for the binding with a regulatory subunit and/or a heat-stable inhibitor protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Zoology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito-Ito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010967:Plasmodium yoelii / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases