PHOSPHORYLATION REDUCES THE AFFINITY OF PROTEIN-4.1 FOR SPECTRIN
PHOSPHORYLATION REDUCES THE AFFINITY OF PROTEIN-4.1 FOR SPECTRIN
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00355a047
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发表时间:
1986-04-08
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
TAO, M
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作者:
EDER, PS;SOONG, CJ;TAO, M
The phosphorylation of protein 4.1 by the membrane kinase and casein kinase A has been investigated. Each of these kinases catalyzed the incorporation of 2 mol of phosphate per mol of protein 4.1. The presence of both kinases in the reaction mixture did not lead to an increase in the incorporation of phosphates into the protein. An analysis of the acid hydrolysis products of the 32P-labeled protein 4.1 indicated that the radioactivities are distributed between phosphothreonine and phosphoserine in a ratio of about 2 to 1. The effects of phosphorylation on the binding of protein 4.1 to spectrin were investigated by usng sucrose density gradient centrifugation. The affinity of protein 4.1 for spectrin was reduced about 5-fold, from a KD of 2 .times. 10-6 M to a KD of 9.4 .times. 10-6 M, by phosphorylation. The phosphorylation of spectrin, on the other hand, appeared to increase slightly its affinity for protein 4.1. The results suggest that phosphorylation may lead to a relaxation of the cytosketetal network and the formation of a more flexible membrane structure that is important to red cell function.