title: Recombinant rabbit tryptophan hydroxylase is a substrate for cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
abstract: A full-length cDNA clone for rabbit tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) was modified and subcloned into a bacterial expression vector. Expression of this gene in the protease-deficient strain of bacteria, BL21[DE3], produced TPH immunoreactive protein which exhibited enzyme activity. Treatment of the recombinant enzyme (in bacterial extracts) with the purified catalytic subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase and [gamma-32P]-ATP resulted in specific phosphorylation of TPH. This expression system provides a means of generating and purifying large amounts of this important enzyme. Moreover, these experiments establish that TPH will serve as an in vitro substrate for cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Vrana
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rucker
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kumer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002384:Catalysis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases