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Detection of protein kinase homologues and viral RNA-binding domains utilizing polyclonal antiserum prepared against a baculovirus-expressed ds RNA-activated 68,000-Da protein kinase.

Abstract：

:The P68 protein kinase (referred to as P68 based on its M(r) of 68,000 in human cells) is a serine/threonine kinase induced by interferon treatment and activated by dsRNAs. The kinase is under tight controls in virus-infected cells since once activated, it phosphorylates its natural substrate eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (elF-2), leading to potential limitations in functional elF-2 and decreases in protein synthesis initiation. To further delineate the molecular mechanisms underlying kinase regulation, we attempted to express the P68 protein kinase in insect cells using a baculovirus vector. Repeated efforts to isolate recombinant baculoviruses containing a wild-type kinase failed, whereas recombinants expressing a nonfunctional kinase with a catalytic domain II mutation were readily isolated. When used to infect Spodoptera frugiperda cells, the recombinant virus expressed the exogenous mutant protein at almost 5-10% of the total proteins synthesized. We then purified the kinase by immunoaffinity chromatography to raise monospecific antiserum which recognized not only the human native wild-type P68, but also kinase homologues in murine, bovine, and monkey cells as determined by immunoblot and immunoprecipitation analysis. Fortunately, kinase function also could be assayed using this antibody since the human and nonhuman kinase homologues, present in immunoprecipitates, were autophosphorylated and phosphorylated the natural substrate, elF-2 alpha. Further, this antiserum recognized epitopes throughout the molecule including the amino and carboxyl termini in contrast to the available monoclonal antibody. In vitro assays using the polyclonal antibody revealed the importance of the amino terminus, especially amino acids 1-97, in the binding of the kinase to viral RNA activators and inhibitors. Finally, we determined that the P68 amino terminus was both necessary and sufficient for binding dsRNA as we were able to transfer dsRNA-binding properties to a reporter gene product previously unable to bind RNA.

journal_name

Virology

journal_title

Virology

authors

Barber GN,Tomita J,Garfinkel MS,Meurs E,Hovanessian A,Katze MG

doi

10.1016/0042-6822(92)90242-h

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-12-01 00:00:00

pages

670-9

issue

eissn

0042-6822

issn

1096-0341

journal_volume

191

pub_type

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Detection of protein kinase homologues and viral RNA-binding domains utilizing polyclonal antiserum prepared against a baculovirus-expressed ds RNA-activated 68,000-Da protein kinase.