Abstract

AlphaKAP is a protein produced from a gene within the gene of the a isoform of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-kinase IIa). It consists of the association domain of CaM-kinase IIa and a highly hydrophobic amino-terminal stretch consisting of 25 amino acids which is absent from CaM-kinase IIalpha. We previously demonstrated that alphaKAP is an integral membrane protein by subcellular fractionation analysis [Sugai, R., Takeuchi, M., Okuno, S., and Fujisawa, H. (1996) J. Biochem. 120, 773-779], but the exact subcellular localization of alphaKAP was not well understood. Here we demonstrate that alphaKAP is localized on the nuclear membrane of COS-7 cells transiently expressing alphaKAP. The nuclear membrane and perinuclear small vesicles were immunostained with an antibody against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxyl-terminal 15 amino acids of alphaKAP. In contrast to the intact alphaKAP, the mutant alphaKAP, from which the hydrophobic amino-terminal segment had been deleted, accumulated within nuclei. Thus, alphaKAP may function as an anchoring protein for CaM-kinase II and/or other proteins in the perinuclear membrane.

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