BackgroundInformation | MyristoylatedAlanine-RichC-KinaseSubstrate(MARCKS)isawidelyexpressedsubstrateofPKC.MARCKSisessentialinneuronaldevelopment,asmicedeficientinitdieshortlyafterbirth.Throughitsbasiceffectorregion,MARCKSassociateswithacidicmembranephospholipids,actinfilaments,andcalmodulin.Poly(ADP-ribose)alsobindsthebasiceffectorregion,blockingcalmodulinbinding,membraneassociation,andphosphorylationbyPKC,suggestingthatMARCKSmaybeaneffectoroftheDNA-damagesignaltransducedbypoly(ADP-ribose). |