title: Activation of chicken gizzard myosin light chain kinase by Ca2+/calmodulin is inhibited by autophosphorylation.
abstract: Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) is a calmodulin-dependent protein kinase which phosphorylates the 20,000 dalton regulatory light chain of myosin II. Here we show that activation of chicken gizzard MLCK by Ca2+/ calmodulin is inhibited by autophosphorylation at 2 sites in the absence of Ca2+/calmodulin. Two phosphorylation sites are located in the functional domain of the kinase, the threonine site toward the actin binding domain near the N-terminus of MLCK and the serine site in immediate proximity to the calmodulin binding site. The autophosphorylation was significantly inhibited by the binding of calmodulin to MLCK in the presence of Ca2+.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosoya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens; D005895:Gizzard, Avian / Q000378:metabolism*; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D002118:Calcium