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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 25, 11912-11915, 09, 1987

Inhibition of the catalytic subunit of phosphorylase kinase by its alpha/beta subunits

HK Paudel and GM Carlson

The subunits of phosphorylase kinase are separated and isolated in high yield by gel filtration chromatography in pH 3.3 phosphate buffer containing 8 M urea. Three protein peaks are obtained: the alpha and beta subunits coelute in the first, whereas the gamma and delta subunits are separate peaks. Upon dilution of the denaturant, catalytic activity reappears, associated only with the gamma subunit. As has been previously observed (Kee, S.M., and Graves, D.J. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 4732-4737), addition of calmodulin dramatically stimulates the reactivation of gamma. Inclusion of increasing amounts of the alpha/beta subunit mixture in the renaturation progressively decreases the activity of the renatured gamma or gamma-calmodulin. This inhibition by alpha/beta is likely due to specific interactions with the gamma subunit because the inhibition is less at pH 8.2 than at pH 6.8 and less when equivalent amounts of phosphorylated alpha/beta subunits are used (both alkaline pH and phosphorylation are known to stimulate the activity of the holoenzyme). These results suggest that the role of either the alpha or beta subunits, or perhaps both, in the nonactivated (alpha 2 beta 2 gamma 2 delta 2)2 complex of phosphorylase kinase is to suppress the activity of the gamma subunit and that activation of the enzyme, by phosphorylation for instance, is due to deinhibition caused by release of this quaternary constraint by alpha and/or beta upon gamma.
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