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  • Title: Autophosphorylation of the type II calmodulin-dependent protein kinase is essential for formation of a proteolytic fragment with catalytic activity. Implications for long-term synaptic potentiation.
    Author: Kwiatkowski AP, King MM.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1989 Jun 27; 28(13):5380-5. PubMed ID: 2550054.
    Abstract:
    Autophosphorylation plays an essential role in proteolytic activation of the type II calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase II). Limited proteolysis of CaM kinase II by trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, and Ca2+-stimulated neutral protease (calpain) yielded a catalytically active kinase fragment only when the holoenzyme was autophosphorylated prior to proteolysis. Slightly larger, inactive fragments were obtained from nonphosphorylated CaM kinase II, regardless of whether Ca2+/calmodulin or Mg2+/ATP were present or absent. The active fragment exhibited Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase activity with kinetic parameters identical with those of the activated holoenzyme. The key autophosphorylation site of CaM kinase II was absent from the active fragment which indicates that proteolysis can effectively uncouple the activation state and Ca2+/calmodulin independence of the kinase from the action of phosphoprotein phosphatases. Because autophosphorylation exerts such a tight control over this irreversible process, proteolytic activation of CaM kinase II by intracellular proteases offers an attractive mechanism for prolonging the effects of Ca2+ at the synapse.
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