Identification of the major Mr 100,000 substrate for calmodulin-dependent protein kinase III in mammalian cells as elongation factor-2.
Nairn A, Palfrey H. Identification of the major Mr 100,000 substrate for calmodulin-dependent protein kinase III in mammalian cells as elongation factor-2. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1987, 262: 17299-17303. PMID: 3693353, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45377-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase IIIElongation factor 2Kinase IIIMammalian cellsThreonine residuesCalmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIIDependent protein kinase IIIPhosphorylated EF-2Endogenous GTPase activityAmino acid sequencingSpecies of MrFactor 2Inhibits protein synthesisTryptic phosphopeptidesGTPase activityNucleic acid sequencingCytoplasmic localizationMajor substrateN-terminalPeptidyl-tRNATerminal sequenceSalt-washed ribosomesProtein synthesisEF-1Thr-Asp