- Phosphorylase kinase
Phosphorylase kinase is a
serine/threonine-specific protein kinase which convertsglycogen phosphorylase b to glycogen phosphorylase a, activating it to releaseglucose-1-phosphate fromglycogen .Genes
* Alpha:
PHKA1 ,PHKA2
* Beta:PHKB
* Gamma:PHKG1 ,PHKG2 tructure
Phosphorylase kinase contain 4 calcium ion binding site.
Regulation
The enzyme is regulated by both
allosteric regulation and reversiblephosphorylation .Hormones, nerve impulses and muscle contraction stimulate the release of calcium ions; the allosteric activator, calcium ions bind to the beta subunits of the enzymes and partly activate the enzyme activities.
Hormones also stimulate the phosphorylation of
protein kinase A , which catalyse the phosphorylation of sigma subunits on the phosphorylase kinases; the phosphorylation partly activate the activities of the enzymes.The phosphorylase kinase is completely activated when the beta subunit is calcium-ion-bound and the sigma subunit is phosphorylated at the same time.
ee also
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calmodulin
*glycogenolysis External links
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* [http://biop.ox.ac.uk/www/lj2001/johnson/johnson_02.html Overview at ox.ac.uk]
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