title: Regulation of branched-chain amino acid catabolism.
abstract: Catabolism of the branched-chain amino acids is regulated in part at the step catalyzed by the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex. Previous work suggests both short-term and long-term control mechanisms are involved in regulation of the kinase responsible for phosphorylation and inactivation of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex. Recent work of this laboratory has focused on the isolation, characterization and molecular cloning of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase. The cDNA obtained encodes the complete mature protein of 412 amino acids among with a mitochondrial entry sequence of 30 amino acids. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed little similarity with eukaryotic Ser/Thr protein kinases. However, the kinase shows considerable sequence similarity with prokaryotic histidine protein kinases. The availability of this cDNA will facilitate gene expression studies of this important regulatory enzyme for the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimomura
mesh_terms: D042942:3-Methyl-2-Oxobutanoate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide); D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000597:Amino Acids, Branched-Chain / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D006801:Humans; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000597:Amino Acids, Branched-Chain; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases; D042942:3-Methyl-2-Oxobutanoate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide); D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases