title: Binding domain for p21(WAF1) on the polypeptide chain of the protein kinase CK2 beta-subunit.
abstract: Protein kinase CK2 is a ubiquitous serine/threonine kinase which is involved in many proliferation-related processes in the cell. It is composed of two regulatory beta-subunits and two catalytic alpha-subunits. Its regulation still remains mysterious in spite of many years of intense research. One of its regulators is the cdk inhibitory molecule p21(WAF1)-a protein which is expressed in situations of genotoxic stress. p21(WAF1) binds to the beta-subunit of CK2 and inhibits the activity of CK2. Using deletion mutants of CK2 beta as well as a peptide library consisting of 15-amino-acid-long peptides derived from the polypeptide chain of CK2 beta we mapped the binding region for p21(WAF1) on the polypeptide chain of CK2 beta. We localized an amino-terminal and a carboxy-terminal binding domain. Binding of p21(WAF1) to both regions of the CK2 beta-subunit interferes with the phosphotransferase activity of the CK2 holoenzyme.
authors.affiliation: Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Saarland, Building 44, Homburg, D-66421, Germany. bccgoe@med-rz.uni-sb.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kartarius
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scholtes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montenarh
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019151:Peptide Library; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D019151:Peptide Library; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D047390:Casein Kinase II; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases