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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 10, 4602-4609, Apr, 1987

A novel Ca2+-dependent protein kinase from Paramecium tetraurelia

RE Gundersen and DL Nelson

The ciliated protozoan Paramecium tetraurelia contained two protein kinase activities that were dependent on Ca2+. We purified one of the enzymes to homogeneity by Ca2+-dependent affinity chromatography on phenyl-Sepharose and ion exchange chromatography. The purified enzyme contained polypeptides of 50 and 55 kDa, with the 50-kDa species predominant. From its Stokes radius (32 A) and sedimentation coefficient (3.9 S), we calculated a native molecular weight of 51,000, suggesting that the active form is a monomer. Its specific activity was 65-130 nmol X min-1 X mg-1 and the Km for ATP was 17-35 microM, depending on the exogenous substrate used. Kinase activity was completely dependent upon Ca2+; half-maximal activation occurred at approximately 1 microM free Ca2+ at pH 7.2. Phosphatidylserine and diacylglycerol did not stimulate activity, nor did the addition of purified Paramecium calmodulin. The enzyme phosphorylated casein and histones, forming primarily phosphoserine and phosphothreonine, respectively. It also catalyzed its own phosphorylation in a Ca2+- dependent reaction; the half-maximal rate of autophosphorylation occurred at approximately 1-1.5 microM free Ca2+, and both the 50- and 55-kDa species were autophosphorylated. After separation by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and renaturation in situ, the 50-kDa protein retained its Ca2+-dependent ability to phosphorylate casein, suggesting that Ca2+ interacts directly with this polypeptide. This was confirmed by direct binding studies; when the enzyme was subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis transferred to nitrocellulose, and renatured, there was 45Ca2+-binding in situ to both the 50- and 55-kDa polypeptides. The Paramecium enzyme appears to be a new and unique type of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase.
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