Purification and characterization of bovine heart glycogen synthase kinase-3.
Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 (GSK-3) was isolated from bovine heart tissue extracts by a procedure involving ammonium sulfate fractionation, followed by chromatography on phosphocellulose, Cibacron blue 3GA-agarose, DEAE-Sephacel, CM-Sepharose, heparin-agarose, myelin basic protein-Sepharose, and LiChrospher 1000 C00-. GSK-3 was identified by its activation of protein phosphatase-1i (PP-1i). The purified enzyme had a specific activity of 25,500 units of protein phosphatase-1i activated/mg protein. The enzyme is an asymmetric monomeric protein of 53 kDa. The molecular size and retention of activity after autophosphorylation indicated that the isolated enzyme was the GSK-3 alpha-isoform.
Department of Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105.
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D000645:Ammonium Sulfate; D000818:Animals; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002417:Cattle; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*
D007527:Isoenzymes; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D000645:Ammonium Sulfate