title: A latent form of protein phosphatase 1 alpha associated with bovine heart myofibrils.
abstract: The catalytic subunit of the major protein phosphatase associated with bovine cardiac myofibrils was purified to homogeneity. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the enzyme revealed only one band with an apparent molecular weight of 37,000. On gel filtration chromatography, the phosphatase activity and the protein co-eluted as a single peak with an apparent molecular weight of 37,000. The purified enzyme was identified as the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1, as determined by sensitivity to inhibitor 1, inhibitor 2, okadaic acid and by specific immunostaining. Evidence obtained with specific antipeptide antibodies demonstrated that this myofibril protein phosphatase was predominantly the alpha isoform of protein phosphatase 1. The purified catalytic subunit was completely inactive. It was activated by pretreatment with Co2+/trypsin in the presence of high ionic strength. Treatment with trypsin alone did not activate the latent enzyme. The enzyme was also activated by Co2+ or Mn2+ alone but not by Ca2+, Mg2+, Ni2+, Cu2+ or Zn2+. Activation of the enzyme was not reversed by removal of Co2+, but Mn(2+)-activated phosphatase activity was partially reversed when Mn2+ was removed. The catalytic subunit could form a 1:1 complex with inhibitor 2 in vitro. The resulting holoenzyme was also activated by pretreatment with Co2+. Since phosphatase 1 alpha is the major phosphatase associated with cardiac myofibril, it is suggested that it is responsible for the dephosphorylation of myosin and other myofibril phosphoproteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Schlender
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D002417:Cattle; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003035:Cobalt / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008345:Manganese / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000201:enzymology*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014357:Trypsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000097847:Protein Phosphatase Inhibitory Proteins
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003035:Cobalt; D008345:Manganese; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D011506:Proteins; D014357:Trypsin; C024833:protein phosphatase inhibitor-2; D000097847:Protein Phosphatase Inhibitory Proteins