Involvement of asparagine 118 in the nucleotide specificity of the catalytic subunit of protein kinase CK2

Citation
G. Jacob et al., Involvement of asparagine 118 in the nucleotide specificity of the catalytic subunit of protein kinase CK2, FEBS LETTER, 466(2-3), 2000, pp. 363-366
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
FEBS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00145793 → ACNP
Volume
466
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
363 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(20000128)466:2-3<363:IOA1IT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Protein kinase CK2 is a heteromeric enzyme with catalytic (alpha) and regul atory (beta) subunits which form an alpha(2)beta(2) holoenzyme and utilizes both ATP and GTP as nucleotide substrate, Site-directed mutagenesis of CK2 alpha subunit was used to study this capacity to use GTP, Deletion of aspa ragine 118 (alpha(Delta N118)) or the mutant alpha N118E gives a 5-6-fold i ncrease in apparent K-m for GTP with little effect on the affinity for ATP. Mutants alpha N118A and alpha D120N did not alter significantly the K-m fo r either nucleotide, CK2 alpha(Delta N118) has an apparent K-i for inosine 5' triphosphate 5-fold higher than wild-type and is very heat labile, These studies complement recent crystallographic data indicating a role for CK2 alpha asparagine 118 in binding the guanine base. (C) 2000 Federation of Eu ropean Biochemical Societies.