title: Intermolecular contact sites in protein kinase CK2.
abstract: Chemical crosslinking and analysis of CNBr-digested fusion products by immunoblotting with sequence-specific antibodies identifies an interaction between positions 55-70 of subunit beta (beta55-70) and 65-80 of subunit alpha (alpha65-80). This has been supported by crosslinking of subunits with peptides alpha65-80 and beta55-70, by binding of subunits to immobilized peptides, and by the hindrance of coprecipitation with peptide-raised antibodies (anti-alpha65-80; anti-beta55-70). Functionally, beta55-70 is a negative regulatory region for the kinase activity of subunit alpha. The opposite, stimulatory property of subunit beta has been assigned to its C-terminal part. Subdivision of peptide beta155-181, that has stimulatory effect, into overlapping peptides and assaying for alpha binding and binding competition revealed a tight physical contact at beta162-175. This region, however, is non-stimulatory indicating binding a necessary but not sufficient quality for stimulation. A contact might exist to regions surrounding C147 and/or C220 at subunit alpha as indicated by crosslinking and peptide competition. The crosslinking data also confirm a beta-beta contact in CK2 holoenzyme. Effects by non-ionic detergents show hydrophobic interactions to play an important role in catalytic activity adjustment.
authors: Biochemische Zellphysiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Krehan
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Pyerin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D019281:Dimerization; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases