Specificity and localization of the hepatitis B virus-associated protein kinase.

AUTOR(ES)

Gerlich, W H

RESUMO

The nature of the protein kinase (PK) which phosphorylates the core protein of hepatitis B virus in vitro was studied. The PK copurified with the core particles during rate zonal centrifugation and gel chromatography. It showed the same size heterogeneity as the core particles, which consisted of a main fraction of 28-nm particles and a subfraction of 22- to 26-nm particles. DNA-containing heavy core particles with a density of 1.33 to 1.35 g/ml and less endogenous PK than did the light cores. The phosphorylation reaction had a rapid initial phase (several minutes) and a slow but long-lasting second phase (many hours). The PK had a high affinity for ATP (KM = 0.5 mumol/liter). Only few of the several hundred P21.9 subunits in one core particle were phosphorylated in vitro. The only amino acid which was phosphorylated in vitro was serine. The resistance of the introduced phospho group against alkaline phosphatase showed that the PK acceptor, and probably the enzyme itself, was located inside the core particle.

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