Fig. 5.
Human CD33 cytoplasmic tail is phosphorylated by purified human PKC in vitro.
Coomassie-stained SDS-PAGE (A) and autoradiograph of the same gel (B). The cytoplasmic tail of CD33 was expressed as a GST fusion protein inE coli, purified, and [32P]-orthophosphate PKC labeled under activating conditions (+ indicates Ca++ and lipids; −, no Hepes and EGTA) and nonactivating conditions (+, Hepes and EGTA; −, no Ca++ and lipids). PKC-mediated labeling of the GST-CD33 tail region is reduced under nonactivating conditions, proving phosphorylation by the purified human PKC. GST alone is not phosphorylated by PKC under these conditions.