FEBS Lett 2000 Jan 21;4661:91-5.

Substrate specificity determinants of the checkpoint protein kinase Chk1.

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The Chk1 protein kinase plays a critical role in a DNA damage checkpoint pathway conserved between fission yeast and animals. We have developed a quantitative assay for Chk1 activity, using a peptide derived from a region of Xenopus Cdc25C containing Ser-287, a known target of Chk1. Variants of this peptide were used to determine the residues involved in substrate recognition by Chk1, revealing the phosphorylation motif Phi-X-beta-X-X-(S/T)*, where * indicates the phosphorylated residue, Phi is a hydrophobic residue (M>I>L>V), beta is a basic residue (R>K) and X is any amino acid. This motif suggests that Chk1 is a member of a group of stress-response protein kinases which phosphorylate target proteins with related specificities.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: cdc25c chek1