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A one-step preparative method for separating SER 6-phosphorylated HMG 14 from unphosphorylated HMG 14 and in vitro phosphorylation reaction components.

While clear evidence exists for the regulation of the phosphorylation of the very basic high mobility group (HMG) and histone chromatin proteins, the physiological role of their phosphorylation remains poorly understood. Elucidation of these roles has been difficult, in part, because of the inability to obtain sufficient quantities of purified phosphorylated derivatives. We have used Mono S cation-exchange chromatography to prepare milligram quantities of pure Ser 6-phosphorylated HMG 14 (Ser 6-PO4-HMG) from unphosphorylated Mono S-purified calf thymus HMG 14 following in vitro phosphorylation with cAMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase). In one step, this technique separates the phosphorylated derivative from A-kinase, ATP, unphosphorylated HMG 14, and a minor phosphorylated by-product which evidence suggests may be the previously reported Ser 6, 24-diphospho-HMG 14. Mono S chromatography also enhances the purity of calf thymus HMG 14 prepared by perchloric acid extraction, acetone and ethanol precipitations, and CM-Sephadex chromatography. In addition, it permits the detection of apparent microheterogenous forms of both unphosphorylated and Ser 6-PO4-HMG 14. The significant reductions in binding affinity resulting from the incorporation of phosphate groups into HMG 14 suggest that Mono S chromatography could have more general application in the isolation of phosphorylated derivatives of other basic proteins, including other chromatin-associated DNA-binding proteins which are known to undergo specific phosphorylation. It would especially be useful when the proteins and their phosphorylated derivatives bind more tightly to Mono S than the kinases used for their phosphorylation.[1]

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