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  • Title: Expression of cDNAs for two isoforms of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
    Author: Uhler MD, McKnight GS.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1987 Nov 05; 262(31):15202-7. PubMed ID: 3667630.
    Abstract:
    We have previously reported the cloning of cDNAs coding for two isoforms (termed C alpha and C beta) of the catalytic (C) subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (Uhler, M., Chrivia, J., and McKnight, G. S. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 15360-15363). We have constructed cDNA expression vectors for the C alpha and C beta proteins using the mouse metallothionein promoter so that mRNA transcripts from the expression vectors are inducible with Zn. In stable transformants of NIH 3T3 and AtT-20 cells, the induction of both C alpha and C beta mRNA with Zn increases the cAMP-dependent as well as the cAMP-independent kinase activity. The C alpha and C beta proteins synthesized from these expression vectors can be detected by Western blot analysis and have slightly different molecular weights as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Interestingly, the levels of RI protein are also shown to increase in cells expressing high levels of the C alpha or C beta subunits although there is no change in RI mRNA. In contrast, the levels of RII protein are not significantly affected by increasing either C alpha or C beta expression in these cell lines. We conclude that cells can compensate for the increased levels of either C alpha or C beta subunits with a corresponding elevation of RI protein implying that both isoforms of C can interact with RI to form a holoenzyme. The relevance of these experimental results to the coordinate regulation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase subunits is discussed.
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