Human platelet myosin light chain kinase requires the calcium-binding protein calmodulin for activity.
AUTOR(ES)
Hathaway, D R
RESUMO
In an actomyosin fraction isolated from human platelets, phosphorylation of the 20,000-dalton light chain of myosin is stimulated by calcium and the calcium-binding protein calmodulin. The enzyme catalyzing this phosphorylation has been isolated by using calmodulin-affinity chromatography. Platelet myosin light chain kinase activity was monitored throughout the isolation procedures by using the 20,000-dalton smooth muscle myosin light chain purified from turkey gizzards as substrate. The partially purified myosin kinase requires both calcium and calmodulin for activity and has a specific activity of 3.1 mumol of phosphate transferred to the 20,000-dalton light chain per mg of kinase per min under optimal assay conditions. Km values determined for ATP and myosin light chains are 121 microM and 18 microM, respectively. Of several substrates surveyed as phosphate acceptors (alpha-casein, histone II-A, phosphorylase b, protamine, histone V-S, and phosvitin), only the 20,000-dalton myosin light chain is phosphorylated at a significant rate. These results suggest that platelet myosin light chain kinase is a calcium-dependent enzyme and that the requirement for calcium is mediated by the calcium-binding protein calmodulin.
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