Gonda Y, Nishizawa K, Ando S, Kitamura S, Minoura Y, Nishi Y, Inagaki M
Laboratory of Experimental Radiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1990 Mar 30;167(3):1316-25. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)90667-c.
Protein kinase C phosphorylated the major mammalian neurofilament protein (NF-L) with approximately 3 mol phosphate per mol protein. The phosphorylated NF-L no longer formed the filaments. Sequential analysis of the tryptic phosphopeptides, together with the known primary sequence, revealed that Ser-12, Ser-27, Ser-33 and Ser-51 were phosphorylated by protein kinase C. These findings contribute toward elucidation of mechanisms regulating the functions of neurofilaments.