Dephosphorylation of chicken cardiac myofibril C-protein by protein phosphatases 1 and 2A

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6416402

Thysseril, T J; Hegazy, M G; Schlender, K K

C-Protein, which is a regulatory component of cardiac muscle myofibrils, is phosphorylated in response to US -adrenergic agonists by a cAMP-dependent mechanism and dephosphorylated in response to cholinergic agonists. It is believed that the cAMP-dependent phosphorylation is due to cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The protein phosphatase(s) involved in the dephosphorylation of C-protein has not been determined. In this study, chicken cardiac C-protein was phosphorylated with the cAMP-dependent protein kinase to about 3 mol phosphate/mol C-protein. Incubation of (TSP)C-protein with the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1 or 2A rapidly removed 30-40% of TS(P). Phosphopeptide maps and phosphoamino acid analysis revealed that the major site(s) dephosphorylated by either phosphatase was a phosphothreonine residue(s) located on the same tryptic peptide and on the same CNBr fragment. Increasing the incubation period or the phosphatase concentration did not result in any further dephosphorylation of C-protein by phosphatase 1, but phosphatase 2A completely dephosphorylated C-protein. Preliminary studies showed that the major protein phosphatase associated with the myofibril was phosphatase 2A. These results indicate the phosphatase 2A may be important in the regulation of the phosphorylation state of C-protein.

• Research Organization: Medical College of Ohio, Toledo
• OSTI ID: 6416402
• Report Number(s): CONF-870644-; TRN: 87-028677
• Journal Information: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 46:6; Conference: 78. annual meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 7 Jun 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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