title: Expression and characterization of maize ZBP14, a member of a new family of zinc-binding proteins.
abstract: A maize gene (Mz2-12), with a deduced amino acid sequence similar to that of a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor from bovine brain, has been expressed in Escherichia coli and the protein (ZBP14) purified to homogeneity. The bovine protein was originally identified by Walsh's group and named PKC inhibitor-1 (PKCI-1). The recombinant maize protein (ZBP14) shares characteristics of bovine PKCI-1: it has similar secondary structure, is dimeric, and has a similar affinity for zinc. However, the maize ZBP14 had very little activity as an inhibitor of mammalian brain PKC, thus precluding zinc sequestration as the mechanism of inhibition. The biological role for the maize protein in plant kinase regulation is therefore unclear. In the presence of both maize ZBP14 and 14-3-3 protein (which inhibits PKC in the absence of diacylglycerol), the effects on PKC appeared to be synergistic.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Protein Structure, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, U.K.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soneji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aitken
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D005810:Multigene Family; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C088418:ZB14 protein, Zea mays; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D015032:Zinc