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D Schaap1, P J Parker, A Bristol, R Kriz, J Knopf.
Abstract
PKC-epsilon was isolated from a murine brain cDNA library. The clone, lambda 61PKC-epsilon, encoded a polypeptide of 737 amino acids that is homologous to other PKCs. Northern analysis showed that the 7 kb mRNA for this cDNA is widely expressed. The protein when expressed in COS-1 cells displayed phorbol ester-binding activity. However in order to detect the kinase activity of PKC-epsilon, it was necessary to employ a synthetic peptide substrate based upon the pseudosubstrate site. Subsequent analysis demonstrated that PKC-epsilon, while showing certain properties characteristic of the PKC family, has a quite distinct substrate specificity and is independent of Ca2+.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2917656 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80160-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124