Phosphorylation of tau protein to sites found in Alzheimer's disease brain is catalyzed by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II as demonstrated tandem mass spectrometry

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 353, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-188

  Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ichinose, Tatsuya ^a   Yamauchi, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; Ca2+ calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII); Paired helical filaments; Phosphorylation; Tau

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; TAU PROTEIN; THREONINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETER; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PAIRED HELICAL FILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0345096631     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.09.037     Document Type: Article

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