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  • Title: The regulatory subunit monomer of cAMP-dependent protein kinase retains the salient kinetic properties of the native dimeric subunit.
    Author: Rannels SR, Cobb CE, Landiss LR, Corbin JD.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1985 Mar 25; 260(6):3423-30. PubMed ID: 2982860.
    Abstract:
    Monomeric regulatory subunit (R) fragments of type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase were compared with the parent dimeric R. The monomeric fragments were generated by either endogenous proteolysis of rabbit muscle R or by trypsin treatment of bovine heart R in the holoenzyme form. During isolation of pure R from rabbit muscle, carboxyl-terminal fragments of Mr = 42,000 (42 K) and Mr = 37,000 by denaturing gels are generated by endogenous proteolysis. Although the autophosphorylation site is retained, the 42 K is not dimeric (as is its native 56 K precursor) but, in contrast to the monomeric 37 K product, actively reassociates with purified catalytic subunit (C). Several lines of evidence indicate a type II R origin of the 42 K. N-terminal sequence analysis of the 42 K shows some homology with known bovine RI, RII, and cGMP-dependent protein kinase sequences. Both cyclic nucleotide-binding sites (two/42 K or 37 K) and the site selectivity of cAMP analogs are retained in the monomeric fragments. When purified bovine heart holoenzyme, which contains a dimeric Mr = 56,000 R (denaturing gel analysis) and two C subunits, is treated with trypsin followed by separation procedures, the product is a fully recovered active enzyme with an unaltered ratio of cAMP binding to catalytic activity. From Mr considerations, the product is a dimer containing one intact C and a proteolyzed R of Mr = 48,000 on denaturing gels. This dimeric enzyme is not significantly different from the parent tetramer in cAMP concentration dependence (Hill constant = 1.63), [3H]cAMP dissociation behavior (both intrasubunit cAMP-binding sites are present), stimulation of [3H]cIMP binding by site-selective cAMP analogs, and synergism between two analogs in kinase activation. The data indicate that 1) proteolytic cleavage of the native R dimer can cause monomerization without appreciably affecting the inhibition of C and 2) essentially all of the cAMP binding cooperativity is an intrasubunit interaction.
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