title: Cloning of a Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase gene from the filamentous fungus Arthrobotrys dactyloides.
abstract: A Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMK) gene was cloned and characterized from Arthrobotrys dactyloides, a nematode-trapping fungus. The resulting 373-amino-acid protein, FCaMK, has significant homology to mammalian CaMKs. FCaMK contains a serine/threonine kinase domain followed by a calmodulin-binding domain. The activation loop in FCaMK (amino acids 184-199) contains a phosphorylation site at threonine-188, which could be the target of a kinase activator. Truncated FCaMK mutants revealed that amino acids 296-324 are essential for calmodulin binding. An oligopeptide designed from residues 297-324 formed a stable peptide-calmodulin complex of 1:1 stoichiometry. Southern blot analysis detected a single copy of the fcamk gene, suggesting that FCaMK plays an important role in Ca(2+)/calmodulin signaling in A. dactyloides.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan 107, Republic of China. puijen@gate.sinica.edu.tw
authors.forename: Pui-Jen
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Jenn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Tsung-Hsien
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D010455:Peptides; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases