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- Ek, Pia, et al.
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Identification and characterization of a mammalian 14-kDa phosphohistidine phosphatase
- 2002
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In: European Journal of Biochemistry. - : Wiley. - 0014-2956 .- 1432-1033. ; 269, s. 5016-5023
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Protein histidine phosphorylation in eukaryotes has beensparsely studied compared to protein serine/threonine andtyrosine phosphorylation. In an attempt to rectify this byprobing porcine liver cytosol with the phosphohistidinecontainingpeptide succinyl-Ala-His(P)-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide(phosphopeptide I), we observed a phosphataseactivity that was insensitive towards okadaic acid andEDTA. This suggested the existence of a phosphohistidinephosphatase different from protein phosphatase 1, 2Aand 2C. A 1000-fold purification to apparent homogeneitygave a 14-kDa phosphatase with a specific activity of 3lmolÆmin)1Æmg)1 at pH 7.5 with 7 lM phosphopeptide Ias substrate. Partial amino-acid sequence determination ofthe purified porcine enzyme by MS revealed similaritywith a human sequence representing a human chromosome9 gene of hitherto unknown function. Molecularcloning from a human embryonic kidney cell cDNAlibraryfollowed by expression and purification, yielded aprotein with a molecular mass of 13 700 Da, and anEDTA-insensitive phosphohistidine phosphatase activityof 9 lmolÆmin)1Æmg)1 towards phosphopeptide I. Nodetectable activity was obtained towards a set of phosphoserine-,phosphothreonine-, and phosphotyrosine peptides.Northern blot analysis indicated that the humanphosphohistidine phosphatase mRNA was present preferentiallyin heart and skeletal muscle. These resultsprovide a new tool for studying eukaryotic histidinephosphorylation/dephosphorylation.
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- Ek, Pia, et al.
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Exogenous protein kinases A and C, but not endogenous prostasome-associated protein kinase, phosphorylate semenogelins I and II from human semen
- 2002
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In: Journal of Andrology. - 0196-3635 .- 1939-4640. ; 23:6, s. 806-814
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Semenogelins I and II are the quantitatively dominating proteinsin humansemen. They comprise the major part of the sperm-entrappinggel formed atejaculation, which subsequently liquefies dueto proteolysis of thegel-forming proteins by prostate-specificantigen (PSA). The mechanism behindgel formation and its physiologicalsignificance is not known. We have studiedphosphorylation anddephosphorylation of human semenogelins. Both werephosphorylatedby protein kinases A and C (PKA and PKC, respectively) at arateabout 5 times less than that of histone. For PKA, incorporated(32P)phosphateinto semenogelin approached a maximum above 1mol/mol. Correspondingvalues for phosphorylation of the semenogelins with PKCweregreater than 10. There was no change in the sensitivity ofphosphosemenogelinsto proteolysis by PSA. Serine (PKA) and serine andthreonine(PKC) were the phosphate-accepting amino acid residues, andallincorporated (32P)phosphate could be removed from the semenogelinswithhuman acid phosphatase. Nil or very little phosphate could bedetected inpurified semenogelins isolated from seminal plasma.In vivo, about half theprotein kinase activity in seminal plasmawas bound to prostasomes. PKA butnot PKC purified from prostasomescould phosphorylate specific substrates, butthey could phosphorylateeither of the semenogelins.
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