FARNESYLCYSTEINE, A CONSTITUENT OF THE ALPHA AND BETA SUBUNITS OF RABBIT SKELETAL-MUSCLE PHOSPHORYLASE-KINASE - LOCALIZATION BY CONVERSION TO S-ETHYLCYSTEINE AND BY TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY

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HEILMEYER, LMG [1 ]
SERWE, M [1 ]
WEBER, C [1 ]
METZGER, J [1 ]
HOFFMANNPOSORSKE, E [1 ]
MEYER, HE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TUBINGEN, INST ORGAN CHEM, W-7400 TUBINGEN 1, GERMANY
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10.1073/pnas.89.20.9554
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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The primary structure of the alpha and beta subunits of phosphorylase kinase reveals that both proteins contain a carboxyl-terminal CA1A2X motif (where C is cysteine, A1 and A2 are aliphatic amino acids, and X is an uncharged amino acid), the recognition signal for a protein polyisoprenyltransferase. The product, a polyisoprenylated cysteine, can be detected by phenylthiocarbamoylamino acid analysis and by microsequencing following conversion to S-ethylcysteine. Mass spectrometry confirms a covalently linked farnesyl residue in both subunits. Tandem mass spectrometry localizes these modifications at the cysteine residues present in the carboxyl-terminal CAMQ and CLVS sequences of the alpha and beta subunits, respectively. Membrane association of phosphorylase kinase, probably mediated by these farnesyl residues, is discussed.
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