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  • Title: Characterization of a novel isozyme of cGMP-dependent protein kinase from bovine aorta.
    Author: Wolfe L, Corbin JD, Francis SH.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1989 May 05; 264(13):7734-41. PubMed ID: 2540204.
    Abstract:
    Two isozymic forms of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (designated types I alpha and I beta) were purified to homogeneity from bovine aorta smooth muscle. Type I alpha was apparently the same as the well characterized bovine lung cGMP-dependent protein kinase. Type I beta had a subunit Mr = 80,000 compared with Mr = 78,000 for type I alpha, and both forms were dimeric with similar calculated native Mr (170,000-178,000). Both enzymes contained two cGMP-binding sites per subunit, exhibited similar specificities for the peptide substrates tested, photoaffinity labeled with 8-N3[32P] cAMP, and catalyzed autophosphorylation. Silver-stained peptide maps of types I alpha and I beta were similar but not identical; however, autoradiographs of peptide maps of these enzymes prelabeled by either autophosphorylation or photoaffinity labeling showed clearly different patterns. The amino-terminal sequence of a breakdown product of type I beta could not be aligned confidently with any of the published sequence of bovine lung cGMP-dependent protein kinase. [3H]cGMP dissociation curves for types I alpha and I beta were both biphasic, but the dissociation rate of the slow component of type I beta was faster than the corresponding component of type I alpha. The concentration of cGMP required for half-maximal activation (K alpha) was slightly lower for type I alpha than for type I beta (0.29 and 0.44 microM, respectively), and the two enzymes had similar K alpha values for cAMP (16 and 18 microM, respectively). Types I alpha and I beta exhibited different K alpha values for several cGMP analogs. The abundance of type I beta in specific tissues suggested that it could have an important physiological role.
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