Identification of the NH2-terminal blocking group of calcineurin B as myristic acid

Alastair Aitken; Philip Cohen; Sitthivet Santikarn; Dudley H. Williams; A. Graham Calder; Alistair Smith; Claude B. Klee

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(82)80759-X

Identification of the NH2-terminal blocking group of calcineurin B as myristic acid

Alastair Aitken, Philip Cohen, Sitthivet Santikarn, Dudley H. Williams, A. Graham Calder, Alistair Smith, Claude B. Klee

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Abstract

The NH₂-terminal blocking group of the Ca²⁺-binding B-subunit of calcineurin (protein phosphatase-2B) has been identified as myristic acid by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and gas chromatography. The sequence, myristyl-GlyAsnGluAla-, is very similar to that of the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, the only other protein known to contain this fatty acid. This finding, and the elution of all myristyl peptides at 57% acetonitrile on reverse phase HPLC, may facilitate the identification of other proteins with this blocking group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	314-318
Number of pages	5
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	150
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(82)80759-X
Publication status	Published - 27 Dec 1982

Keywords

Ca
Calmodulin
Fatty acids
High-performance liquid chromatography
Mass spectrometry
Protein phosphatase

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Biochemistry
Biophysics
Molecular Biology

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