title: Domain- and site-specific phosphorylation of bovine NF-L by Rho-associated kinase.
abstract: Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase), the putative target of the small GTP-binding protein Rho, phosphorylated neurofilament protein (NF-L) in vitro with approximately 1 mole phosphate per mole NF-L. Phosphorylated NF-L no longer formed the 10 nm filaments, and NF-L filaments were phosphorylated with a result of nearly complete disassembly. NF-L phosphorylated by Rho-kinase was digested with trypsin, and digested fragments were assigned by MALDI/TOF. Unique phosphorylation sites were found at Ser-26 and Ser-57 in the head domain of NF-L. These results indicate that domain- and site-specific phosphorylation by Rho-kinase may regulate the assembly-disassembly of NF-L filaments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaibuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007700:Kinetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010710:Phosphates; C044882:neurofilament protein L; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases; D014357:Trypsin