Phosphorylation and modulation of enzymic activity of native and protease cleaved purified hepatic 3-hydrox-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase by a calcium, calmodulin-dependent kinase

Conference · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6285995

Beg, Z H; Stonik, J A; Brewer, Jr, H B

The synthesis of cholesterol and other polyisoprenoid compounds is regulated by the rate limiting enzyme, HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR). A CaS , calmodulin-dependent kinase (CMK) has been purified which catalyzed the phosphorylation and concomitant inactivation of both native and purified HMGR. This low molecular weight brain cytosolic CMK phosphorylates histone H1, synapsin 1 and purified HMGR as major substrates. The kinase, purified by sequential chromatography on DEAE cellulose, calmodulin-affinity resin, and HPLC is an electrophoretically homogeneous protein of approximately 110,000 da. The molecular weight of the holoenzyme, substrate specificity, subunit protein composition, subunit autophosphorylation and subunit isoelectric points suggest that this kinase is different from other previously reported CMK's. Maximal phosphorylation of purified HMGR revealed a stoichiometry of one mole of phosphate/mole of M/sub r/ 1,000,000 da. Dephosphorylation of phosphorylated and inactivated native and purified HMGR revealed a time-dependent loss of TSP-bound radioactivity and reactivation of enzyme activity. Based on the results reported here, they propose that HMGR activity may be modulated by yet another kinase system involving covalent phosphorylation. The elucidation of a CMK-mediated modulation of HMGR activity may provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis.

• Research Organization: NIH Bethesda, MD
• OSTI ID: 6285995
• Report Number(s): CONF-870644-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 46:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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