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. 1989 Jun 13;996(1-2):70-5.
doi: 10.1016/0167-4838(89)90096-4.

Interconversion of Tetrahymena pyriformis ornithine decarboxylase from inactive to active form by phosphorylation

C P Lougovoi  1 , D A Kyriakidis
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Interconversion of Tetrahymena pyriformis ornithine decarboxylase from inactive to active form by phosphorylation

C P Lougovoi et al. Biochim Biophys Acta. .

Abstract

A protein kinase and an acidic phosphoprotein phosphatase were purified from Tetrahymena pyriformis which phosphorylate and dephosphorylate the purified ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) of this microorganism. The protein kinase and the phosphoprotein phosphatase are copurified with ODC and can be separated in three distinct peaks only by a hydrophobic column of phenyl-Sepharose. The purified kinase is not dependent on cAMP, requires Mg2+ for its catalytic activity and has a molecule mass of 45 kDa. Incubation of [32P]ODC with the purified phosphoprotein phosphatase results in a complete loss of 32P and its catalytic activity. Phosphorylation of the inactive phosphatase-treated ODC by endogenous kinase or rat liver casein kinase-2 results in 100 or 40% reactivation of the initial untreated ODC activity, respectively.

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