Phosphohistidine is found in basic nuclear proteins of Physarum polycephalum |
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Authors: | K H Pesis Y Wei M Lewis H R Matthews |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Davis 95616. |
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Abstract: | Nuclear extracts of the true slime mold, Physarum polycephalum, show protein histidine kinase activity towards exogenous histones [(1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 16106-16113]. Physarum microplasmodia were labeled with [32P]phosphate in vivo and two basic proteins containing alkali-stable phosphate were detected. The labeled proteins comigrated with Physarum histones H1 (approximately) and H2A and phosphoamino acid analysis showed that each protein contained [32P]-phosphohistidine. The H2A-like protein was also labeled in isolated nuclei incubated with [35S]thio-ATP. We conclude that some Physarum nuclear proteins contain phosphohistidine. |
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