scholarly journals Subcellular distribution in cerebral cortex of two proteins phosphorylated by a cAMP-dependent protein kinase.

1979 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Ueda ◽  
P Greengard ◽  
K Berzins ◽  
R S Cohen ◽  
F Blomberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Cortex ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle ◽  
Subcellular Distribution ◽  
Postsynaptic Density ◽  
Mammalian Brain ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Density Fraction ◽  
Camp Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Dependent Protein

The subcellular distribution of Proteins Ia and Ib, two proteins which serve as specific substrates for protein kinases present in mammalian brain, was studied in the dog cerebral cortex. Proteins Ia and Ib were found to be most highly enriched in synaptic vesicle fractions; they were also present in postsynaptic density and synaptic membrane fractions in significant amounts. Proteins Ia and Ib present in the synaptic vesicle fraction appear to be similar, if not identical, to those present in the postsynaptic density fraction as judged by several criteria: (a) the ability to serve as substrate for cAMP-dependent protein kinase, (b) electrophoretic mobility in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate, (c) extractability with NH4Cl or EGTA, and (d) fragmentation to electrophoretically similar peptides by a purified Staphylococcus aureus protease. In addition, the postsynaptic density fraction has been found to contain cAMP-dependent Protein Ia and Protein Ib kinase activity. The subcellular localization of Proteins Ia and Ib suggests a role for these proteins in the physiology of the synapse.

Analytical subcellular distribution of cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity in bull sperm

1984 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude C. Pariset ◽  
Jacqueline S. Weinman ◽  
Francoise T. Escaig ◽  
Michele Y. Guyot ◽  
Francine C. Iftode ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Subcellular Distribution ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Protein Kinase Activity ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Camp Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
Bull Sperm

scholarly journals cAMP signaling in neurons: patterns of neuronal expression and intracellular localization for a novel protein, AKAP 150, that anchors the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase II beta.

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 1215-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
S B Glantz ◽  
J A Amat ◽  
C S Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Mammalian Brain ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Intracellular Location ◽  
Anchor Protein ◽  
Camp Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase Ii ◽  
Dependent Protein

In mammalian brain, physiological signals carried by cyclic AMP (cAMP) seem to be targeted to effector sites via the tethering of cAMP-dependent protein kinase II beta (PKAII beta) to intracellular structures. Recently characterized A kinase anchor proteins (AKAPs) are probable mediators of the sequestration of PKAII beta because they contain a high-affinity binding site for the regulatory subunit (RII beta) of the kinase and a distinct intracellular targeting domain. To establish a cellular basis for this targeting mechanism, we have employed immunocytochemistry to 1) identify the types of neurons that are enriched in AKAPs, 2) determine the primary intracellular location of the anchor protein, and 3) demonstrate that an AKAP and RII beta are coenriched and colocalized in neurons that utilize the adenylate cyclase-cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) signaling pathway. Antibodies directed against rat brain AKAP 150 were used to elucidate the regional, cellular and intracellular distribution of a prototypic anchor protein in the CNS. AKAP 150 is abundant in Purkinje cells and in neurons of the olfactory bulb, basal ganglia, cerebral cortex, and other forebrain regions. In contrast, little AKAP 150 is detected in neurons of the thalamus, hypothalamus, midbrain, and hindbrain. A high proportion of total AKAP 150 is concentrated in primary branches of dendrites, where it is associated with microtubules. We also discovered that the patterns of accumulation and localization of RII beta (and PKAII beta) in brain are similar to those of AKAP 150. The results suggest that bifunctional AKAP 150 tethers PKAII beta to the dendritic cytoskeleton, thereby creating a discrete target site for the reception and propagation of signals carried by cAMP.

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