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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-5
pubmed:abstractText
The protein kinase CK2 is composed of two catalytic alpha- or alpha'- and two regulatory beta-subunits. In mammalian cells there is ample evidence for the presence of individual CK2 subunits beside the holoenzyme. By immunofluorescence studies using peptide antibodies which allow us to detect the CK2alpha-, alpha'- and beta-subunits we found all three subunits to be co-localized with a 58 KDa Golgi protein which is specific for the Golgi complex. Subfractionation studies using dog pancreas cells revealed the presence of all three subunits of CK2 at the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (sER)/Golgi fraction whereas the rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER) harboured only the catalytic alpha- and alpha'-subunits. We found that the microsomal preparation from dog pancreas cells contained CK2 which phosphorylated a CK2 specific synthetic peptide and which was heparin sensitive. Furthermore, we could immunoprecipitate the CK2alpha-subunit that exhibited a kinase activity which phosphorylated a CK2 specific substrate and which was heparin sensitive. Protease digestion experiments revealed that the CK2 subunits were located on the cytosolic side of the rER and the sER/Golgi complex. Thus, we could demonstrate an asymmetric distribution of the CK2 subunits at the rER and sER/Golgi complex. Since the CK2alpha- and alpha'-subunits exhibit a substrate specificity which is different from the CK2 holoenzyme one might speculate that the asymmetric distribution of the CK2 holoenzyme and the CK2 catalytic subunits may have regulatory functions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0300-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
227
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Casein Kinase II, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Microsomes, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:11827177-Swine
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Localization of individual subunits of protein kinase CK2 to the endoplasmic reticulum and to the Golgi apparatus.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't