title: Molecular cloning of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase beta.
abstract: Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaM-kinase IV), which plays crucial roles in the functioning of Ca2+ in the central nervous and immune systems, is markedly activated upon phosphorylation through the action of CaM-kinase kinase. Our previous immunotitration analysis suggested the existence of an isoform different from CaM-kinase kinase alpha, the beta isoform, in rat brain [Okuno, S., Kitani, T., and Fujisawa, H. (1996) J. Biochem. 119, 1176-1181]. In the present study, cDNA for CaM-kinase kinase beta was cloned from a rat cerebellar cDNA library. The coded protein consisted of 587 amino acids with a molecular weight of 64,445. Western blot analysis revealed that CaM-kinase kinase beta significantly existed only in the brain. The enzyme was not significantly detected in the retina where CaM-kinase kinase alpha exists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D054737:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054737:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase; C517701:Camkk1 protein, rat; C517702:Camkk2 protein, rat