Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 80(4): 926-930

Ordered phosphorylation of 40S ribosomal protein S6 after serum stimulation of quiescent 3T3 cells.

Abstract

The amino acids and tryptic peptides that become phosphorylated in 40S ribosomal protein S6 after serum stimulation of quiescent 3T3 cells were examined by two-dimensional thin-layer electrophoresis. In the maximally phosphorylated form of the protein, most of the phosphate was incorporated into serine and a small amount, into threonine. Digestion of this form of the protein with trypsin revealed 10 major phosphopeptides. All 10 contained phosphoserine and 2 of the 10 also contained phosphothreonine. Next, the five forms of increasingly phosphorylated S6 were individually separated on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gels or total S6 was isolated from cells that were stimulated for only a short time and their phosphotryptic maps were analyzed. The results showed that, as larger amounts of phosphate were added to S6, the phosphopeptides appeared in a specific order.

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