Ca2+ and Calmodulin‐Dependent Phosphorylation of Endogenous Synaptic Vesicle Tubulin by a Vesicle‐Bound Calmodulin Kinase System
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 38 (5), 1205-1218
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb07892.x
Abstract
Endogenous synaptic vesicle alpha- and beta-tubulin were shown to be the major substrates for a Ca2+-calmodulin-regulated protein kinase system in enriched synaptic vesicle preparations from rat cortex as determined by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and peptide mapping. The activation of this endogenous tubulin kinase system was dependent on Ca2+ and the Ca2+ binding protein, calmodulin. Under maximally stimulated conditions, approximately 40% of the tubulin present in enriched synaptic vesicles was phosphorylated within less than 50 s by the vesicle Ca2+-calmodulin kinase. Evidence is presented indicating that the Ca2+-calmodulin tubulin kinase is an enzyme system distinct from previously described cyclic AMP protein kinases. alpha-Tubulin and beta-tubulin were identified as major components of previously designated vesicle phosphorylation bands DPH-L and DPH-M. The Ca2+-calmodulin tubulin kinase is very labile and specialized isolation procedures were necessary to retain activity. Ca2+-activated synaptic vesicle tubulin phosphorylation correlated with vesicle neurotransmitter release. Depolarization-dependent Ca2+ uptake in intact synaptosomes simultaneously stimulated the release of neurotransmitters and the phosphorylation of synaptic vesicle alpha- and beta-tubulin. The results indicate that regulation of the synaptic vesicle tubulin kinase by Ca2+ and calmodulin may play a role in the functional utilization of synaptic vesicle tubulin and may mediate some of the effects of Ca2+ on vesicle function and neurosecretion.Keywords
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