Protein Kinase Activity Associated with the Extracellular and Occluded Forms of the Baculovirus Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus.

Protein kinase activity is associated with both the extracellular and the occluded forms of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus, a baculovirus. Serine and threonine are the predominant amino acids phosphorylated by the kinase activity associated with both viral forms; no phosphotyrosine was detected. The addition of calcium, cAMP, or cGMP has no apparent effect on the amount of phosphorylation or the substrates phosphorylated.