Modulation of Calpastatin Specificity in Rat Tissues by Reversible Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation

Autor: P. Mengotti, Mauro Michetti, F. Salamino, R. Detullio, Sandro Pontremoli, E. Melloni
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 199:1326-1332
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.1376
Popis: Two calpastatins, with Mr 110 KD and named calpastatin I and II, have been isolated from rat heart and kidney and displayed distinct inhibitory efficiency with mu- and m-calpain, respectively, as those isolated from rat skeletal muscle. Whereas the level of calpastatin I always exceeds that of mu-calpain, the level of calpastatin II appears to be more closely correlated to the level of m-calpain. As previously shown for skeletal muscle, the two inhibitor proteins can be interconverted by a phosphorylation-dephosphorylation reaction; the enzyme responsible for phosphate incorporation in calpastatin I is now identified in c-AMP dependent protein kinase A. In rat erythrocytes, containing a single calpain form, the single low Mr calpastatin form does not undergo reversible phosphorylation and is equally efficient in respect to typical mu- and m-calpain. The presence of two interconvertible calpastatin forms provides the cells with a highly sensitive mechanism of regulation of the Ca(2+)-dependent proteolytic system.
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