title: The design of peptide-based substrates for the cdc2 protein kinase.
abstract: The substrate sequence specificity of the cdc2 protein kinase from Pisaster ochraceus has been evaluated. The peptide, Ac-Ser-Pro-Gly-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Lys-amide, serves as an efficient cdc2 kinase substrate with a Km of 1.50 +/- 0.04 microM and a Vmax. of 12.00 +/- 0.18 mumol/min per mg. The amino acid sequence of this peptide is not based on any sequence in a known protein substrate of the cyclin-dependent kinase, but rather was designed from structural attributes that appear to be important in the majority of cdc2 substrates. The cyclin-dependent enzyme is remarkably indiscriminate in its ability to recognize and phosphorylate peptides that contain an assortment of structurally diverse residues at the P-2, P-1 and P+2 positions. However, peptides that contain a free N-terminal serine or lack an arginine at the P+4 position are relatively poor substrates. These aspects of the substrate specificity of the cdc2 protein kinase are compared and contrasted with the previously reported substrate specificity of a cdc2-like protein kinase from bovine brain [Beaudette, Lew and Wang (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 20825-20830].
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Buffalo 14226, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koszelak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendelow
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012617:Sea Urchins; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase