Phosphorylation of protein synthesis initiation factor-2. Identification of the site in the alpha-subunit phosphorylated in reticulocyte lysates. |
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Authors: | N T Price C G Proud |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, U.K. |
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Abstract: | The data presented here show that serine-51 of the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor eIF-2 is the only residue phosphorylated by the eIF-2 alpha-specific kinases HCR (haem-controlled repressor) and dsI (double-stranded RNA-activated inhibitor) in vitro. This confirms our earlier finding that serine-48 is not labelled by either kinase. Methodology appropriate for the examination of phosphorylation sites in eIF-2 alpha in whole cells and their extracts has been developed, and used to study the site(s) in eIF-2 alpha labelled in reticulocyte lysates. Only serine-51 became phosphorylated under conditions of haem-deficiency or in the presence of double-stranded RNA. No evidence for a second phosphorylation site on the alpha-subunit was obtained with the lysates and conditions used here. |
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