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Phosphorylation site specificities of glycogen synthase kinases: Determination by peptide mapping using high-performance liquid chromatography

  • Henning Juhl
  • , Virender S. Sheorain
  • , Charles M. Schworer
  • , Mary Frances Jett
  • , Thomas R. Soderling

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Abstract

A method is described which separates the various phosphorylation sites in glycogen synthase based on reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of tryptic 32P-peptides. Using this method we studied the phosphorylation site specificities of the kinases which act on glycogen synthase. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylated sites 1a, 1b, and 2, whereas casein kinase II phosphorylated only site 5. Two calcium, calmodulin-dependent kinases, phosphorylase kinase and liver calmodulin-dependent synthase kinase, both phosphorylated site 2, and the latter enzyme also phosphorylated site 1b. A cAMP-independent kinase (kinase 4) purified from liver also specifically phosphorylated site 2. Synthase kinase 3 catalyzed the phosphorylation of only site 3. This HPLC method was also used to establish that all of these sites were subject to phosphorylation in vivo.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)518-526
Number of pages9
JournalArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Volume222
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 1983
Externally publishedYes

Funding

‘Supported in part hy NIH grant AM17808. fellowship AM06449 to C.S., and a special fellowship to H. J. by the Danish Medical Research Council. ‘Present address: Department of Medicine, Mar-selisborg Hospital, P. P. Orumsgade 11, 8000 Arhus, Denmark. 3Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

FundersFunder number
Author National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health The Bev Hartig Huntington's Disease Foundation National Institutes of HealthAM06449, AM17808
Sundhed og Sygdom, Det Frie Forskningsråd

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology

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