Importance of subunit interactions in regulation of casein kinase II.
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Four initiation factors (eIF-2, -3, -4B, and -4F), previously shown to be phosphorylated in vivo, are each phosphorylated to a significant extent in vitro (greater than 0.3 mol of phosphate/mol of factor) by at least three different protein kinases. An S6 kinase from liver, an active form of protease-activated kinase II which modifies the same sites on S6 as those phosphorylated in vivo in response to mitogens, phosphorylates the beta subunit of eIF-2, eIF-3 (p120-p130), eIF-4B, and eIF-4F (p220). The Ca2+, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase phosphorylates eIF-2 beta, eIF-3 (p170, p120-p130), eIF-4B, and eIF-4F (p220, p25). The cAMP-dependent protein kinase significantly modifies eIF-4B and, to a lesser extent, eIF-3 (p130). Casein kinase I incorporates phosphate only into eIF-4B, but to a limited extent. Casein kinase II phosphorylates eIF-2 beta, eIF-3 (p170, p120), and eIF-4B, while protease-activated kinase I modifies eIF-3 (p170, p120-p130), eIF-4B, and eIF-4F (p220). The mitogen-stimulated S6 kinase from 3T3-L1 cells, activated in response to insulin, does not phosphorylate any of the initiation factors. There is no significant incorporation of phosphate into eIF-2 alpha or -gamma, eIF-4A, eIF-4C, eIF-4D, EF-1, or EF-2 by any of the protein kinases examined. Phosphopeptide mapping of tryptic digests of the phosphorylated subunits shows that the individual protein kinases modify different sites. The sites phosphorylated in vitro reflect those modified in vivo as shown with eIF-4F in concomitant studies with reticulocytes treated with tumor-promoting phorbol ester (Morley, S.J., and Traugh, J. A. J. Biol. Chem., in press). Thus, we have identified multipotential protein kinases which modify four initiation factors phosphorylated in vivo and have shown that phosphorylation of these translational components can be coordinately regulated.
The matrix protein from avian myeloblastosis virus and the Rous sarcoma virus, Prague C strain, is a phosphoprotein. A comparison of the amino acid sequences shows these phosphoproteins are very similar. The sites of phosphorylation of the matrix protein purified from virions are identified as serine residues 68 and 106. Treatment with purified rabbit skeletal-muscle protein phosphatase 1 or 2A, selectively releases phosphate from serine 68, while alkali treatment releases phosphate from both sites. When analyzed as a substrate for six different protein kinases, only the Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase modifies the matrix protein. The serine residues phosphorylated in vivo are identical to those phosphorylated in vitro by this protein kinase. The role of these phosphorylation events in viral production is discussed.
The major nucleocapsid protein of avian retroviruses, pp 12, binds to single-stranded viral RNA with high affinity. Phosphorylation at Ser-40 is necessary for this binding. In order to examine the role of phosphorylation of serine 40 in the biological function of pp 12, we have introduced a series of amino acid substitutions at this position in the Rous sarcoma virus (Pr-C) protein. Substitution of threonine, alanine, or three other amino acids for Ser-40 had very little or no detectable effect on viral replication, nor did the control substitution of glycine for Ser-43, a nonphosphorylated residue. In vivo and in vitro, the Ala-40 and probably the Thr-40 substituted p 12 proteins are phosphorylated at alternative sites which are phosphorylated to a minor extent in vivo in the wild type protein. A study of the RNA binding properties of Ala-40 substituted p 12 has indicated that the protein has been stabilized in a high affinity RNA binding state which is independent of phosphorylation. The viability of the Ala-40 mutant virus indicates that this high binding affinity may be required for biological activity.
Phosphorylation of simian virus 40 large T antigen (large T) was investigated in vitro. "Autophosphorylation" of large T resulted in the modification of Ser106, Ser112, Ser123, Thr124, either Ser676, Ser677, or Ser679, and Thr701. All of these residues were also found to be phosphorylated in vivo. Reaction of large T with purified casein kinase I resulted in phosphorylation of Ser123, possibly Thr124, and either Ser676, Ser677, or Ser679, while purified casein kinase II phosphorylated Ser106 and possibly Ser112. Submolar amounts of phosphate were transferred to large T indicating that only a fraction of large T served as substrate for the casein kinases. Removal of serine-bound phosphate did not affect the subsequent autophosphorylation or phosphorylation by casein kinase I and II. No phosphorylation at in vivo sites was observed with the cAMP-, cGMP-, or Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinases, or with the protease-activated kinase I and II.
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Rat prolactin exhibits microheterogeneity when examined in electrophoretic systems, running as three isoforms having the same molecular weight but different net charges (prolactins 1, 2, and 3 with isoform 3 being the most acidic). As there is precedent for the phosphorylation of a pituitary hormone and phosphorylation is a common cause of microheterogeneity, we examined the possibility that rat prolactin existed in differentially phosphorylated forms. The investigation included examinations of rat prolactin phosphorylation both in vitro and in vivo. For the in vitro studies, purified rat prolactin was incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP and low levels of each of five purified protein kinases. Phosphorylated rat prolactin was identified by autoradiography of silver-stained one- and two-dimensional gels. For the in vivo studies, rat anterior pituitary cells in primary culture were incubated in the presence of H3 32PO4 for 2 or 12 h, after which time the proteins were extracted from the cells, cold acetone-precipitated, or immunoprecipitated and run on two-dimensional gels. We report the in vitro phosphorylation of rat prolactin by cAMP-dependent protein kinase, casein kinase I, protease-activated kinase I, and the calcium/phospholipid-dependent kinase, that phosphorylation with these kinases results in phosphate incorporation only into isoforms 2 and 3, and the phosphorylation of prolactin in rat pituitary cells in primary culture.
Phosphorylation of serine 40 of the major nucleocapsid protein of avian retroviruses, pp12, regulates binding to viral RNA (Leis, J., Johnson, S., Collins, L. S., and Traugh, J. A. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 7726-7732). The phosphorylation state of the protein can be altered in vitro, resulting in the interconversion of the protein between a state of high affinity for single-stranded RNA and low affinity for single- or double-stranded RNA. The reversible phosphorylation of serine 40 is accompanied by a change in the conformation of the protein as demonstrated by quenching of intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence and chemical modification studies. Quenching of fluorescence of the sole tryptophan residue, Trp 80, by poly(U), KI, and CsCl indicates that the microenvironment of this residue is more positive in pp12 than in p12. Chemical modification studies indicate that the 3 lysine residues at positions 36, 37, and 39 of pp12 react with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid, while only 1 of these residues reacts in p12. The addition of single-stranded, but not double-stranded RNA, to pp12 protects 2 of the 3 lysine residues from chemical modification, suggesting that the two protected lysyl groups are required for binding to single-stranded viral RNA. In contrast to the phosphorylation of serine 40, phosphorylation of serine 43, catalyzed by protease-activated kinase II in vitro, does not induce changes in the protein conformation nor does it alter the RNA binding properties of the protein.
Insulin receptor was examined as a substrate for the multipotential protein kinase casein kinase I. Casein kinase I phosphorylated partially purified insulin receptor from human placenta as shown by immunoprecipitation of the complex with antiserum to the insulin receptor. Analysis of the phosphorylated complex by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under nonreducing conditions showed a major phosphorylated band at the position of the alpha 2 beta 2 complex. When the phosphorylated receptor was analyzed on polyacrylamide gels under reducing conditions, two phosphorylated bands, Mr 95,000 and Mr 135,000, were observed which corresponded to the alpha and beta subunits. The majority of the phosphate was associated with the beta subunit with minor phosphorylation of the alpha subunit. Phosphoamino acid analysis revealed that casein kinase I phosphorylated only seryl residues. The autophosphorylated alpha 2 beta 2 receptor purified by affinity chromatography on immobilized O-phosphotyrosyl binding antibody was also a substrate for casein kinase I. Reduction of the phosphorylated alpha 2 beta 2 receptor indicated that casein kinase I incorporated phosphate into seryl residues only in the beta subunit.
The 20,000-dalton light chain of myosin from chicken gizzard has been shown to be phosphorylated in a Ca2+ and calmodulin-independent manner by the activated form of a protease-activated kinase from rabbit reticulocytes. Protease-activated kinase I incorporates phosphate stoichiometrically into the phosphorylatable light chain (P-light chain) in isolated myosin light chains and in actomyosin. The same serine residue appears to be phosphorylated by the protease-activated kinase and the Ca2+-dependent myosin light chain kinase. This conclusion is based on results from two-dimensional peptide maps of chymotryptic and tryptic digests of the phosphorylated P-light chain and from phosphoamino acid analysis of acid hydrolysates. Phosphorylation of the P-light chain by the proteolytically activated protein kinase stimulates the actin-activated Mg-ATPase activity of myosin in the absence of Ca2+. The extent of stimulation of the ATPase activity is similar to that observed upon phosphorylation of actomyosin by the Ca2+-dependent myosin light chain kinase. A proteolytically activated protein kinase with chromatographic properties and substrate specificity similar to protease-activated kinase I from reticulocytes has also been identified in gizzard. Protease-activated kinase I has been shown to be distinct from the Ca2+-dependent myosin light chain kinase by the mode of activation and specificity with other substrates, including phosphorylation of a unique site on myosin P-light chain from skeletal muscle (Tuazon, P. T., Stull, J. T., and Traugh, J. A. (1982) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 108, 910-917).
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A protease-activated protein kinase that phosphorylates the P light chain of myosin in the absence of Ca2+ and calmodulin has been isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle. The enzyme has properties similar to protease-activated kinase I from rabbit reticulocytes [S. M. Tahara and J. A. Traugh (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 11588-11564], which has been shown to phosphorylate the P light chain of myosin [P. T. Tuazon, J. T. Stull, and J. A. Traugh (1982) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 108, 910-917]. The protease-activated kinase from skeletal muscle has been partially purified by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, phosphocellulose and hydroxyapatite. The enzyme phosphorylates histone as well as the P light chain of myosin following activation by proteolysis. Stoichiometric phosphorylation of myosin light chain was observed with the protease-activated kinase and myosin light chain kinase. The sites phosphorylated by the protease-activated kinase and myosin light chain kinase were examined by two-dimensional peptide mapping following chymotryptic digestion. The phosphopeptides observed with the protease-activated kinase were different from those obtained with the Ca2+-dependent myosin light chain kinase, indicating that the two enzymes phosphorylated different sites on the P light chain of skeletal muscle myosin. When actomyosin from skeletal muscle was examined as substrate, the P light chain was phosphorylated following activation of the protease-activated kinase by limited proteolysis.
The site-specific phosphorylation of initiation factor 2 (eIF-2) by three different cyclic nucleotide-independent protein kinases from rabbit reticulocytes was examined. The hemin-controlled repressor modified serine in the alpha subunit (Mr = 38,000), while casein kinase II and protease-activated kinase II phosphorylated serine residues of the beta subunit (Mr = 53,000). Under conditions of maximal phosphorylation, 1 mol of phosphate was incorporated into eIF-2 by each of the protein kinases. However, following treatment of eIF-2 with alkaline phosphatase, 2 mol of phosphate were added by casein kinase II, indicating residual phosphate was present on the beta subunit of purified eIF-2. The tryptic and chymotryptic peptides of the phosphorylated subunits were analyzed by two-dimensional peptide mapping involving thin layer electrophoresis followed by ascending chromatography. When eIF-2 was phosphorylated by the hemin-controlled repressor, three major chymotryptic and four tryptic phosphopeptides with molecular weights ranging from approximately 600 to 3000 were identified. When phosphorylation of eIF-2 beta was examined, two tryptic and two chymotryptic phosphopeptides were obtained after phosphorylation with casein kinase II and were different from the phosphopeptides observed following phosphorylation with protease-activated kinase II. This indicates that three distinct sites in the beta subunit were phosphorylated, two by casein kinase II and one by protease-activated kinase II.
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The B variant of beta-casein was phosphorylated with [gamma-32P]ATP using four different protein kinases isolated from rabbit reticulocytes. Casein was maximally phosphorylated by the individual protein kinase activities and subjected to chymotrptic digestion. The peptides were separated by a two-dimensional peptide fingerprinting technique, and the phosphorylated peptides were identified by autoradiography, The two phosphorylated peptides obtained from the action of casein kinase I were shown to have different migration patterns from those obtained with casein kinase II. The cAMP-regulated protein kinases had the same substrate specificity with beta-casein B, and the two phosphorylated peptides obtained using these enzymes were distinct from those phosphorylated by the cAMP-independent enzymes. Thus, the different protein kinases can be identified by substrate specificity using beta-casein.
The rate of the primary acid modification reaction of 1,4-dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and 1,4-dihydro-3-acetylpyridine adenine dinucleotide (APADH) and their analogues has been studied over a wide pH range (pH 1-7) with a variety of general acid catalysts. The rate depends on [H+] at moderate pH and becomes independent of [H+] at low pH. This behavior is attributed to substrate protonation at the carbonyl group (pK of NADH = 0.6). The reaction is general acid catalyzed; large solvent deuterium isotope effects are observed for the general acid and lyonium ion terms. Most buffers cause a linear rate increase with increasing buffer concentration, but certain buffers cause a hyperbolic rate increase. The nonlinear buffer effects are due to complexation of the buffer with the substrate, rather than to a change in rate-limiting step. The rate-limiting step is a proton transfer from the general acid species to the C5 position of the substrate. Anomerization is not a necessary first step in the case of the primary acid modification reaction of beta-NADH, in which beta to alpha anomerization takes place.
1,4-Dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and its analogues undergo two reactions in sulfite buffers in the pH range 5.5-7.1: (1) an oxygen-mediated free-radical chain reaction which results in the oxidation of the dihydropyridine to the pyridinium salt, and (2) an ionic reaction which results in the hydration of the 5,6 double bond of the dihydropyridine. The free-radical reaction is inhibited by superoxide dismutase (indicating the involvement of superoxide radicals) and by free-radical inhibitors. The ionic reaction is not affected by free-radical inhibitors and follows the rate law: rate = [substrate] [HSO3-] (K + SIGMAK' [HA]), where HA is a general acid of hydronium ion. The occurrence of third-order terms of the type [substrate] X [HSO3-] [HA] is consistent with the formation of a reactive bisulfite-substrate complex, which undergoes general acid catalyzed hydration.