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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have isolated a novel member of putative serine/threonine kinase from a rat heart cDNA library using polymerase chain reaction methods. The novel kinase is transcribed as 2.6 kb mRNA encoding for a protein of 629 amino acids with the C-terminal non-catalytic portion. Amino acids analysis revealed that the N-terminal catalytic domain is 87% identical to the male-germ cell associated kinase (MAK), a cdc2-related serine/threonine kinase found to promote meiosis during spermatogenesis. Therefore, we designated this novel kinase as the MAK-related kinase (MRK). MRK protein, with a molecular weight of 66 kD, was shown to phosphorylate itself and the exogenous substrates, histone H1 and myelin basic protein. In addition, phosphoamino acid analysis confirmed the serine/threonine-specific protein kinase activity of MRK. Although MRK was ubiquitous in adult rat tissues, the expression of MRK protein in embryos was restricted primarily to embryonic myocardium during early organogenesis. This finding suggests that MRK may be a participant in cardiac development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2187-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:8570168-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular cloning of a novel serine/threonine kinase, MRK, possibly involved in cardiac development.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article