title: Alternative splicing of Drosophila calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II regulates substrate specificity and activation.
abstract: Drosophila calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II is alternatively spliced to generate multiple isoforms that vary only in a region between the calmodulin-binding domain and the association domain. This variation has been shown to modulate activation of the enzyme by calmodulin. In this study we examine the ability of seven of the Drosophila isoforms to phosphorylate purified protein substrates and to be inhibited by a substrate analog, and the response of six of the isoforms to a mutant form of calmodulin (V91G) that was isolated in a genetic screen. Significant variation in Kms for Eag, a potassium channel, and Adf-1, a transcription factor, were found. In the case of the a peptide inhibitor, AC3I, there were significant variations in Ki between isoforms. Kact for V91G calmodulin was increased for all of the isoforms. In addition, one isoform, RI, exhibited a lower Vmax when assayed with this mutant CaM. These results indicate that the variable domain of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II is capable of altering the substrate specificity of the catalytic domain and the activation response to calmodulin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: GuptaRoy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marwaha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pla
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beckingham
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007700:Kinetics; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases