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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
The function of the high molecular weight structural proteins from muscle, namely vertebrate titin, arthropod projectin and nematode twitchin, remains to be established. Using a simple method for the purification of projectin from crayfish and Drosophila melanogaster, a polyclonal antibody has been raised against crayfish projectin, and shown to immunocrossreact with Drosophila projectin but not with rat titin. In this study, evidence is presented that projectin and twitchin may share functional protein kinase domains, indicating a possible relationship between them. Projectin has a serine/threonine protein kinase activity. This supports the relationship with twitchin since, in sequence analysis of the latter, a protein-kinase-like domain has been found. Moreover, projectin is capable of autophosphorylation in vitro. These kinase activities imply regulatory functions for this group of proteins, extending its previously assumed structural role in the sarcomere. We also show here that projectin is phosphorylated in vivo at serine residues, as described for titin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
224
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Autophosphorylating protein kinase activity in titin-like arthropod projectin.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Bioquímica de la UAM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't