Title
Phosphorylation of rhodopsin by protein kinase C in vitro
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Biochemistry
Publication Date
1986-04-05
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Animals; Calcium; Cattle; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; GTP-Binding Proteins; Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); Guanosine Triphosphate; Kinetics; Membrane Proteins; Peptide Fragments; Phosphorylation; Photoreceptor Cells; Protamine Kinase; Protein Binding; Protein Kinase C; Retinal Pigments; Rhodopsin; Rod Cell Outer Segment; Thionucleotides; Transducin
Disciplines
Biochemistry | Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology | Molecular Biology
Abstract
Calium/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) was purified from bovine retinae rod outer segments (ROS). In the presence of 0.1-2 microM calcium protein kinase C binds tightly to ROS and phosphorylates rhodopsin in the absence or presence of illumination. This property of protein kinase C contrasts with that of rhodopsin kinase, which in vitro phosphorylates only bleached rhodopsin. Peptide maps of rhodopsin phosphorylated by protein kinase C or rhodopsin kinase were compared using limited Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease digestion or complete tryptic digestion. Phosphorylation sites map to serine and threonine residues on the cytoplasmic carboxylterminal domain of rhodopsin for both kinases. The functional consequence of protein kinase C phosphorylation of rhodopsin was a reduced ability to stimulate the light-dependent rhodopsin activation of [35S]guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) binding to transducin, the GTP-binding regulatory protein present in ROS. Properties of the calcium-stimulated interaction of protein kinase C with membranes and in vitro phosphorylation of intrinsic proteins are discussed based upon the findings.
Source
Kelleher DJ, Johnson GL. Phosphorylation of rhodopsin by protein kinase C in vitro. J Biol Chem. 1986 Apr 5;261(10):4749-57.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The Journal of biological chemistry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
3007475
Repository Citation
Kelleher, Daniel J. and Johnson, Gary L., "Phosphorylation of rhodopsin by protein kinase C in vitro" (1986). Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Publications and Presentations. 199.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/bmp_pp/199