title: Ca(2+)-dependent phosphorylation of the tail domain of myosin-V, a calmodulin-binding myosin in vertebrate brain.
abstract: 1. Myosin-V from vertebrate brain is a novel molecular motor with a myosin-like head domain, a calmodulin-binding neck region and a unique tail domain of unknown function. Previous studies showed brain myosin-V to be a phosphoprotein substrate for Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase associated with actomyosin. In the present study we describe the preparation of a specific actin-cytoskeletal fraction which is enriched in brain myosin-V. 2. We show that Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activity is also associated with this preparation and phosphorylates brain myosin-V. 3. Calpain, a Ca(2+)-dependent protease, generates a M(r) 80,000 fragment from the COOH terminal region of brain myosin-V containing most or all of the phosphorylation sites. 4. These results suggest that the unique tail domain of this novel myosin is subject to Ca2+ control via phosphorylation by kinase activity associated with the actin cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase