J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 31, 14490-14495, Nov, 1986
Calcium-dependent isolation of the 36-kilodalton substrate of pp60src- kinase. Fractionation of the phosphorylated and unphosphorylated species
J Soric and JA Gordon
In this paper, we present a new and simple purification of the 36-kDa
protein, a major substrate of both viral and growth factor-receptor
associated tyrosine protein kinases, and its complex from normal and
Schmidt-Ruppin strain Rous sarcoma virus-transformed chicken embryo
fibroblasts that employs a DEAE-Sephacel column and introduces the
calcium-dependent adsorption of 36-kDa protein. The use of EGTA step
gradients differentially elutes the 36-kDa molecules from the DEAE-
Sephacel column. An average total yield of the 36-kDa protein in all
fractions approached 80% and represented 0.78% of the [35S] methionine-
labeled cellular protein. A purity of 95-99% was obtained with a yield of
60% in the central elution fractions from normal or Rous sarcoma
virus-transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts. Furthermore, 2 mM EGTA elutes
poorly phosphorylated molecules while heavily phosphorylated 36- kDa
protein requires 4 or 6 M EGTA; a small residual fraction is released at
8-10 mM EGTA. If the EGTA step gradients were neutralized with Ca2+ ion,
elution of the 36-kDa protein is inhibited. The complex of the 36-kDa
protein and the 6-10-kDa protein may not be dependent on the
phosphorylation as the associated 6-10-kDa peptide is seen in all fractions
containing the 36-kDa protein. Tyrosine phosphorylation of the 36-kDa
protein is increased 2-3-fold following a short term incubation of whole
cells with micromolar vanadate. The elution pattern (but not intensity) of
the 36-kDa protein obtained from lysates of vanadate-treated cells was
identical to untreated cell lysates. The additional phosphorylation appears
to result from a recruitment of unphosphorylated 36-kDa protein as the
position (but not intensity) of the phosphorylated tryptic peptides is
unchanged. We conclude that the function of the 36-kDa protein may be
calcium ion-dependent and may be influenced by the phosphorylation state of
the protein.