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  • Title: Effects of polyamines and polyanions on a cyclic nucleotide-independent and a cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
    Author: Mäenpää PH.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1977 Jul 21; 498(1):294-305. PubMed ID: 195631.
    Abstract:
    The phosphorylation of phosvitin in vitro by a cyclic nucleotide-independent protein kinase (phosvitin kinase) derived from rooster liver is markedly stimulated by the divalent cation, Mg2+. In addition, the activity is further stimulated by low concentrations of the polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine leading to higher rates of phosphate incorporation than could be obtained at any concentration of Mg2+. Spermine is inhibitory at higher concentrations. The polyamines shift the Mg2+ requirement for maximal activity to lower concentrations. The activity of a cyclic AMP-dependent histone kinase from beef heart is not altered by the presence of polyamines. Heparin is a potent inhibitor of phosvitin kinase but has no effect on histone kinase. Polyribonucleotides (polyadenylic acid and transfer RNA) inhibit both types of kinases, but the degree of inhibition of phosvitin kinase is variable and depends upon the type of the polyanion present. Sermidine and spermine, but not Mg2+, efficiently counteract the inhibitory action of heparin and tRNA. The results suggest that, also in vivo, naturally occurring polyamines and polyanions such as tRNA may have a regulatory function on protein kinases.
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