title: Activation of PKN, a novel 120-kDa protein kinase with leucine zipper-like sequences, by unsaturated fatty acids and by limited proteolysis.
abstract: PKN, a novel protein kinase with catalytic domain homologous to PKC family and unique amino terminal leucine zipper-like sequences, was purified partially from COS7 cells transfected with the cDNA construct encoding human PKN for enzymatic characterization of the enzyme. Using serine containing synthetic peptides based on PKC pseudosubstrate sites as the phosphate acceptors, kinase activities estimated from partially purified PKN were not stimulated by Ca2+/phosphatidylserine/diolein but were activated several-fold to several tens-fold by 40 microM unsaturated fatty acids, such as arachidonic acid, linoleic acid, and oleic acid. Autophosphorylation of the immunoprecipitates using anti-PKN antiserum was also stimulated by various unsaturated fatty acids. Limited proteolysis of PKN with trypsin induced an enhancement of the peptide kinase activity that was almost independent of arachidonic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takanaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimakawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000494:pharmacology; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D007700:Kinetics; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014162:Transfection; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C061570:protein kinase N; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D014357:Trypsin