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1: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1994 Nov 30;205(1):817-25.Click here to read Links

Molecular cloning of rat RAC protein kinase alpha and beta and their association with protein kinase C zeta.

Biosignal Research Center, Faculty of Science Kobe University, Japan.

cDNAs of RAC protein kinases (RAC-PK) alpha and beta were cloned from a rat testis cDNA library. The predicted open reading frames encode 480 and 481 amino acids of RAC-PK alpha and beta, respectively, and the rat RAC-PK alpha and beta have sequences conserved among different mammalian species such as the pleckstrin homology domain at their amino-terminal region and the protein-serine/threonine kinase catalytic domain at their carboxyl-terminal region. RNA blot analysis showed wide distribution of two RAC-PK in rat tissues. Immunoprecipitation analysis revealed that RAC-PK alpha and beta associate with protein kinase C zeta through the pleckstrin homology domain in vitro, suggesting the interaction between RAC-PK and protein kinase C.

PMID: 7999118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]