An interesting possibility for a PTM would be attachment of a single
hexosamine (+161). Gerald Hart has found that specific glycation (with
GlcNac I think) acts to limit phosphorylation.
Ken
Kenneth A. Walsh
E.W.Davie/ZymoGenetics Chair of Biochemistry
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University of Washington
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Kenneth Williams wrote:
> One of our users is working with a kinase that is phosphorylated at a
> single site. In addition, however, the non-phosphorylated (and
> dephosphorylated) kinase migrates as a doublet on isoelectric focussing -
> with the distance between the two (non-phosphorylated) species being about
> twice the distance between the phospho and non-phosho forms of either
> individual species. My question is what are the most likely
> post-translational modifications that might give rise to the original
> doublet (assuming one species in not modified and that neiterh is
> phosphorylated).
>
> Thanks!
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> Ken Williams, Ph.D.
> Director, HHMI Biopolymer/Keck Laboratory
> Professor (Adjunct) Research
> Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
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