Phosphorylation of the human cell proliferation-associated nucleolar protein p120

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1990 Nov 30;173(1):423-30. doi: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81075-7.

Abstract

The human cell proliferation-associated nucleolar protein p120 was found in a variety of human cancer specimens but not in most normal resting cells. Polyclonal antibodies raised against bacterially expressed p120 were used to immunoprecipitate the p120 protein isolated from 32P-labeled HeLa cells. The p120 protein was phosphorylated at serine, threonine and tyrosine residues. A tryptic peptide map showed it contained three labeled peptides. One of these peptides comigrated with a p120 peptide phosphorylated in vitro by casein kinase II. This peptide was phosphorylated in vitro both at Ser-181 and Thr-185. This region is juxtaposed to the epitope site recognized by the anti-p120 monoclonal antibody.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amino Acids / analysis
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Carrier Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • HeLa Cells / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Maltose-Binding Proteins
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / immunology
  • Nuclear Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Peptide Fragments / isolation & purification
  • Phosphorylation
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Trypsin
  • tRNA Methyltransferases

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Maltose-Binding Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • NOP2 protein, human
  • tRNA Methyltransferases
  • Trypsin