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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 18, 8320-8326, Jun, 1986

Phosphorylation of synthetic peptides by skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinases

CH Michnoff, BE Kemp and JT Stull

Substrate determinants for rabbit and chicken skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinases were examined with synthetic peptides. Both skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinases had similar phosphorylation kinetics with synthetic peptide substrates. Average kinetic constants for skeletal muscle myosin light chain heptadecapeptide, (formula; see text) where S(P) is phosphoserine, were Km, 2.3 microM and Vmax, 0.9 mumol/min/mg of enzyme. Km values were 122 and 162 microM for skeletal muscle peptides containing A-A for basic residues at positions 2-3 and 6-7, respectively. Average kinetic constants for smooth muscle myosin light chain peptide, (formula; see text), were Km, 1.4 microM and Vmax 27 mumol/min/mg of enzyme. Average Km values for the smooth muscle peptide, residues 11-23, were 10 microM which increased 6- and 11-fold with substitutions of alanine at residues 12 and 13, respectively. Vmax values decreased and Km values increased markedly by substitution of residue 16 with glutamate in the 11-23 smooth muscle tridecapeptide. Basic residues located 3 and 6-7 residues toward the NH2 terminus from phosphoserine in smooth muscle myosin light chain and 6-8 and 10-11 residues toward the NH2 terminus from phosphoserine in skeletal muscle myosin light chain appear to be important substrate determinants for skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinases. These properties are different from myosin light chain kinase from smooth muscle.
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