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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
The actin-activated Mg2+-ATPase activity of myosin II from the soil amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii is regulated by phosphorylation of 3 serine residues on the myosin II heavy chain. Partial chymotryptic digestion of 32P-labeled myosin II cleaves from the tail end of the myosin II heavy chain a small peptide which contains all three phosphorylation sites. During purification the phosphorylated peptide is resolved into several different species as a result of heterogeneity both in phosphate content and in size (probably due to chymotryptic cleavage at the carboxyl terminus). However, all forms of the peptide have an identical amino terminus. The sequence of the first 58 residues of the peptide is: N-S-A-L-E-S-D-K-Q-I10-L-E-D-E-I-G-D-L-H- E20-K-N-K-Q-L-Q-A-K-I-A30-Q-L-Q-D-E-I-D-G-T- P40-S-S-R-G-G-S-T-R-G-A50-S-A-R-G-A-S-V-R. The phosphorylated serines are at positions 46, 51, and 56. The first 36 residues of the sequence display a repeating 3-4-3-4 pattern of hydrophobic residues suggesting that this section of the peptide forms an alpha-helical coiled-coil structure. A -Gly-Thr-Pro sequence at residues 38-40 disrupts the alpha-helix and, at the same point, the repeating pattern of non-polar residues is lost. It is likely that the residues extending from Gly-38 to the end of the myosin II tail, which include the 3 phosphorylatable serines, form a randomly coiled or small globular structure. This is the first report of the sequence around the regulatory phosphorylation sites on any myosin heavy chain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
259
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12781-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Amino acid sequence of a segment of the Acanthamoeba myosin II heavy chain containing all three regulatory phosphorylation sites.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article