PMID- 10327653 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990629 LR - 20091119 IS - 0022-104X (Print) IS - 0022-104X (Linking) VI - 285 IP - 1 DP - 1999 Apr 15 TI - Phylogenetically conserved CK-II phosphorylation site of the murine homeodomain protein Hoxb-6. PG - 76-84 AB - In an effort to characterize the signal transduction mechanisms that operate to regulate homeodomain protein function, we have analyzed the phosphorylation state of two homeodomain proteins, Hoxb-6 and Hoxc-8, in vitro and in vivo. The baculovirus expression system was employed to demonstrate that Hoxb-6 is phosphorylated in Sf9 cells while Hoxc-8 is not. Using two-dimensional tryptic phosphopeptide mapping and purified protein kinases, we demonstrate that Hoxb-6 is phosphorylated in vitro by casein kinase II and cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The casein kinase II phosphorylation site was mapped to serine-214. Two-dimensional tryptic phosphopeptide mapping of immunoprecipitated Hoxb-6 from mouse embryonic spinal cords demonstrates that the same peptide phosphorylated in vitro and in Sf9 cells by casein kinase II is also phosphorylated in vivo. The conservation of this site in several homeodomain proteins from various species is discussed. FAU - Fienberg, A A AU - Fienberg AA AD - Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. fienba@rockvax.rockefeller.edu FAU - Nordstedt, C AU - Nordstedt C FAU - Belting, H G AU - Belting HG FAU - Czernik, A J AU - Czernik AJ FAU - Nairn, A C AU - Nairn AC FAU - Gandy, S AU - Gandy S FAU - Greengard, P AU - Greengard P FAU - Ruddle, F H AU - Ruddle FH LA - eng GR - AG09464 C/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - GM09966/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Exp Zool JT - The Journal of experimental zoology JID - 0375365 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Hoxb6 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Casein Kinase II) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.11 (Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Casein Kinase II MH - Conserved Sequence MH - Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Homeodomain Proteins/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peptide Mapping MH - Phosphorylation MH - Phylogeny MH - Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Spodoptera EDAT- 1999/05/18 05:24 MHDA- 2000/06/20 09:00 CRDT- 1999/05/18 05:24 PHST- 1999/05/18 05:24 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 1999/05/18 05:24 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990415)285:1<76::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-K [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Exp Zool. 1999 Apr 15;285(1):76-84.