Translation and phosphorylation of wheat germ lysate: phosphorylation of wheat germ initiation factor 2 by casein kinase II and in N-ethylmaleimide-treated lysates

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Burela LaxminarayanaKolluru V A Ramaiah

Abstract

Previously, we observed that N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), a thiol-alkylating agent, was found to stimulate the phosphorylation of several proteins in translating wheat germ (WG) lysates, including the phosphorylation of alpha, the p41-42 doublet subunit, and beta, the p36 subunit, of the WG initiation factor 2 (eIF2). We find now that NEM increases phosphorylation of several proteins significantly in lysates which are moderate or low in their translation compared to optimally active lysates. Heat treatment, which stimulates oxidation of protein sulfhydryls, decreases the translation and phosphorylation ability of WG lysates. The decrease in phosphorylation, but not translation, that occurs in heat-treated lysates is prevented very efficiently by NEM and partially by reducing agents such as dithiothreitol (DTT) and GSH. DTT prevents, however, completely the loss of sulfhydryl content of heat-treated WG lysates and does not at all prevent heat-induced inhibition of translation. In contrast, DTT prevents completely the diamide-induced translational inhibition and also the loss of sulfhydryl content. These findings therefore suggest that in addition to the maintenance of sulfhydryl groups, heat-labile proteins and their interactions wit...Continue Reading

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