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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Polyamines have been reported to stimulate casein kinase 2 (CK2) in vitro. We have shown that the phosphorylation of different substrates is diversely stimulated by basic effectors and that the responsiveness of CK2 activity may be influenced by the overall conformation of the protein substrate but also by a specific interaction with the enzyme itself. Our data show that native hetero tetrameric CK2 is a spermine binding protein and a spermine binding site was identified in the N-terminal region of the beta subunit of CK2. We found that recombinant CK2 undergoes a progressive polymerization in low salt conditions, giving rise to three different polymer structures. A ring-like structure formed by the association of four protomers alpha 2 beta 2 was characterized by gel filtration, sucrose density gradient analysis and electron microscopy. Polyamines like spermine, when added under conditions where the enzyme preparation contains a mixture of various oligomers, could trigger their dissociation and their interconversion in the fully active ring structure. These results suggest that in the presence of positive effectors like polyamines, CK2 adopts a ring-like structural organization which may represent the active state of this kinase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0968-8773
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
441-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Casein Kinase II, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Chromatography, Gel, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Polyamines, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Polymers, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7735318-Spermine
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Modulation of the molecular organization and activity of casein kinase 2 by naturally occurring polyamines.
pubmed:affiliation
CEA, INSERM Unité 244, DBMS, Grenoble, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't