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Incubation of plasma membranes isolated from bovine aorta with either 0.5 mM CaCl2 or with a phorbol ester (1 microM phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate) and phosphatidylserine in an EGTA-containing buffer resulted in the phosphorylation of 10 proteins (Mr of 158, 105, 75, 62, 44, 39, 33, 22, 15 and 9 kDa), presumably due to activation of endogenous protein kinase C (PKC). After heat treatment of the aortic plasma membranes at 80 degrees C for 5 min in order to inactivate all endogenous protein kinase, phosphatase and ATPase activities, membrane phosphorylation was absolutely-dependent upon the addition of an exogenous, partially-purified PKC preparation from bovine aorta. Under these conditions, a total of 17 phosphoproteins could be detected (Mr of 158, 105, 75, 44, 39, 33, 30, 29, 27, 25, 22, 17.5, 16, 15, 11, 10 and 9 kDa). The most prominent phosphoprotein band in native membranes had a molecular weight of 75 kDa (p75); several characteristics suggest that p75 might be autophosphorylated PKC. The phosphorylation of aortic plasma membranes by exogenous PKC required phosphatidylserine and was calcium-dependent (10(-5) to 10(-7) M Ca2+); the addition of diolein resulted in little or no enhancement of phosphorylation. Replacement of phosphatidylserine with oleic acid resulted in the same number of phosphoproteins, but the extent of phosphorylation was diminished. The phosphorylation pattern was altered slightly if the aortic plasma membranes were isolated in the presence of 1 mM Ca2+ instead of EGTA buffers as in the standard procedure. Experiments were performed to determine if the p39 substrate of PKC in aortic plasma membranes was calpactin II (lipocortin I). Immunoblotting established that calpactin II was present in aortic plasma membranes, but there was no corresponding phosphoprotein on the autoradiographs.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of aortic plasma membranes by protein kinase C. 183 27

Sera from rat bearing tumors induced by inoculation of FBJ murine osteogenic sarcoma virus (FBJ-MSV) nonproducer rat cells precipitate two proteins with molecular weights of 55,000 (p55) and 39,000 (p39) from FBJ-MSV-transformed cells. These proteins cannot be precipitated from uninfected cells or cells transformed by other strains of murine sarcoma virus, nor can they be precipitated by sera specific for the viral structural proteins. A methionine tryptic peptide mapping analysis showed that p55 and p39 have little or no homology and that they are not related to the helper virus gag and env gene products. p55 could also be detected among the in vitro translation products of 70S RNA from FBJ murine leukemia virus plus FBJ-MSV virions but not among those from FBJ murine leukemia virus alone. This suggests that p55 is encoded by the FBJ-MSV genome, whereas p39, which was not detected among the in vitro translation products, may not be virus encoded. Another difference between p55 and p39 is that p55 is phosphorylated, with most of the phosphate on a serine residue(s), whereas p39 is phosphorylated to a much lesser extent, if at all. No protein kinase activity was associated with p55 and p39 immune complexes under standard conditions. Our data suggest that p55 is a strong candidate for the FBJ-MSV oncogene product.
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PMID:Candidate product of the FBJ murine osteosarcoma virus oncogene: characterization of a 55,000-dalton phosphoprotein. 628 32

Using ssDNA-cellulose column chromatography, a 34 kDa ribonucleoprotein (p34) has been purified from a 0.4 M KCl crude extract of spinach chloroplasts as an effective phosphate acceptor for casein kinase II (CK-II) in vitro. Monomeric and oligomeric CK-IIs were copurified with p34 by the column chromatography and the kinases were separated from p34 by means of Mono Q column chromatography. It was found that (i) the purified p34 (pI 4.9) was phosphorylated specifically by CK-II in vitro; and (ii) similar polypeptides, such as p35 (pI 4.7) and p39 (pI 4.9) in maize and p33 (pI 4.7) in liverwort, were detected as ssDNA-binding chloroplast proteins phosphorylated by CK-II in vitro. The findings suggest that (i) RNPs that function as phosphate acceptors for CK-II exist commonly in chloroplasts among plant cells; and (ii) the physiological activity of RNPs is regulated by their specific phosphorylation by CK-II in chloroplasts.
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PMID:Chloroplast ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) as phosphate acceptors for casein kinase II: purification by ssDNA-cellulose column chromatography. 858 36

Cultures of cerebellar macroneurons were used to study the pattern of expression, subcellular localization, and function of the neuronal cdk5 activator p35 during laminin-enhanced axonal growth. The results obtained indicate that laminin, an extracellular matrix molecule capable of selectively stimulating axonal extension and promoting MAP1B phosphorylation at a proline-directed protein kinase epitope, selectively stimulates p35 expression, increases its association with the subcortical cytoskeleton, and accelerates its redistribution to the axonal growth cones. Besides, suppression of p35, but not of a highly related isoform designated as p39, by antisense oligonucleotide treatment selectively reduces cdk5 activity, laminin-enhanced axonal elongation, and MAP1b phosphorylation. Taken collectively, the present results suggest that cdk5/p35 may serve as an important regulatory linker between environmental signals (e.g., laminin) and constituents of the intracellular machinery (e.g., MAP1B) involved in axonal elongation.
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PMID:Evidence for the participation of the neuron-specific CDK5 activator P35 during laminin-enhanced axonal growth. 982 44

Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) is found in an active form only in neuronal cells. Activation by virtue of association with the cyclin-like neuronal proteins p35 (or its truncated form p25) and p39 is the only mechanism currently shown to regulate cdk5 catalytic activity. In addition to cyclin binding, other members of the cdk family require for maximal activation phosphorylation of a Ser/Thr residue (Thr(160) in the case of cdk-2) that is conserved in all cdks except cdk8. This site is phosphorylated by cdk-activating kinases, which, however, do not phosphorylate cdk5. To examine the possible existence of a phosphorylation-dependent regulatory mechanism in the case of cdk5, we have metabolically labeled PC12 cells with (32)P(i) and shown that the endogenous cdk5 is phosphorylated. Bacterially expressed cdk5 also can be phosphorylated by PC12 cell lysates. Phosphorylation of cdk5 by a PC12 cell lysate results in a significant increase in cdk5/p25 catalytic activity. Ser(159) in cdk5 is homologous to the regulatory Thr(160) in cdk2. A Ser(159)-to-Ala (S159A) cdk5 mutant did not show similar activation, which suggests that cdk5 is also regulated by phosphorylation at this site. Like other members of the cdk family, cdk5 catalytic activity is influenced by both p25 binding and phosphorylation. We show that the cdk5-activating kinase (cdk5AK) is distinct from the cdk-activating kinase (cyclin H/cdk7) that was reported previously to neither phosphorylate cdk5 nor affect its activity. We also show that casein kinase I, but not casein kinase II, can phosphorylate and activate cdk5 in vitro.
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PMID:Regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 catalytic activity by phosphorylation. 1050 Jan 46

A set of different protein kinases have been involved in tau phosphorylations, including glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3 beta), MARK kinase, MAP kinase, the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) system and others. The latter system include the catalytic component Cdk5 and the regulatory proteins p35, p25 and p39. Cdk5 and its neuron-specific activator p35 are essential molecules for neuronal migration and for the laminar configuration of the cerebral cortex. Recent evidence that the Cdk5/p35 complex concentrates at the leading edge of axonal growth cones, together with the involvement of this system in the phosphorylation of neuronal microtubule-asociated proteins (MAPs), provide further support to the role of this protein kinase in regulating axonal extension in developing brain neurons. Although the aminoacid sequence of p35 has little similarity with those of normal cyclins, studies have shown that its activation domain may adopt a conformation of the cyclin-folded structure. The computed structure for Cdk5 is compatible with experimental data obtained from studies on the Cdk5/p35 complex, and has allowed predictions on the protein interacting domains. This enzyme exhibits a wide cell distribution, even though a regulated Cdk5 activity has been shown only in neuronal cells. Cdk5 has been characterized as a proline-directed Ser/Thr protein kinase, that contributes to phosphorylation of human tau on Ser202, Thr205, Ser235 and Ser404. Cdk5 is active in postmitiotic neurons, and it has been implicated in cytoskeleton assembly and its organization during axonal growth. In addition to tau and other MAPs, Cdk5 phosphorylates the high molecular weight neurofilament proteins at their C-terminal domain. Moreover, nestin, a protein that regulates cytoskeleton organization of neuronal and muscular cells during development of early embryos, and several other regulatory proteins appear to be substrates of Cdk5 and are phosphorylated by this kinase. Studies also suggest, that in addition to Cdk5 involvement in neuronal differentiation, its activity is induced during myogenesis, however, the mechanisms of how this activity is regulated during muscular differentiation has not yet been elucidated. Recent studies have shown that the beta-amyloid peptide (A beta) induces a deregulation of Cdk5 in cultured brain cells, and raises the question on the possible roles of this tau-phosphorylating protein kinase in the sequence of molecular events leading to neuronal death triggered by A beta. In this context, there are evidence that Cdk5 is involved in tau hyperphosphorylation promoted by A beta in its fibrillary form. Cdk5 inhibitors protect hippocampal neurons against both tau anomalous phosphorylations and neuronal death. The links between the studies on the Cdk5/p35 system in normal neurogenesis and its claimed participation in neurodegeneration, provide the framework to understand the regulatory relevance of this kinase system, and changes in its regulation that may be implicated in disturbances such as those occurring in Alzheimer disease.
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PMID:The protein kinase Cdk5. Structural aspects, roles in neurogenesis and involvement in Alzheimer's pathology. 1124 68

The activity of cyclin-dependent kinase-5 (Cdk5) is tightly regulated by binding of its neuronal activators p35 and p39. Upon neurotoxic insults, p35 is cleaved to p25 by the Ca(2+)-dependent protease calpain. p25 is accumulated in ischemic brains and in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. p25 deregulates Cdk5 activity by causing prolonged activation and mislocalization of Cdk5. It is unknown whether p39, which is expressed throughout the adult rat brain, is cleaved by calpain, and whether this contributes to deregulation of Cdk5. Here, we show that calpain cleaved p39 in vitro, resulting in generation of a C-terminal p29 fragment. In vivo, p29 was generated in ischemic brain concomitant with increased calpain activity. In fresh brain lysates, generation of p29 was Ca(2+)-dependent, and calpain inhibitors abolished p29 production. The Ca(2+) ionophore ionomycin and the excitotoxin glutamate induced production of p29 in cultures of cortical neurons in a calpain-dependent manner. Like p25, p29 was more stable than p39 and caused redistribution of Cdk5 in cortical neurons. Our data suggest that neurotoxic insults lead to calpain-mediated conversion of p39 to p29, which might contribute to deregulation of Cdk5.
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PMID:Calpain-mediated cleavage of the cyclin-dependent kinase-5 activator p39 to p29. 1178 20

Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5), in contrast to other members of the cyclin-dependent kinase family, is not activated by cyclins but instead is activated by complexing with neuron-specific activator molecules (p35, p39, and p67). The most effective activator of cdk5 both in vitro and in vivo is p35. We have taken a kinetic approach to study the interaction between p35, its various truncated forms, and cdk5 to understand better the mechanism of its activation. The cdk5 complexes formed with the truncated forms p25 and p21 produced similar maximum active kinase, whereas the cdk5 complexed with full-length p35 and a further truncated form spanning amino acid residues from 138 to 291, with approximate molecular weight of 16 kDa (p16), produced slightly less (80%) activation than p25. P16 was the smallest fragment of p35 that produced activation equal to or greater than that of full-length p35. By examination of further truncations of p16, we found that a small number of residues, 11 and 4 at the N- and C-termini, respectively, of p16, are essential for cdk5 activation. Further truncation, removing both essential N- and C-terminal domains, produces a peptide with markedly higher affinity for cdk5 compared with the peptides that retain either of these domains. Using these inactive truncated peptides as inhibitors, we examined the kinetics of activation. From these studies we conclude that activation involves at least three cdk5-interacting domains, one located at each end of p16 and at least one located in a central domain. The cdk5 activation process is slow: The second-order rate constant for p16 is about 1.2 microM(-1) hr(-1). On the basis of kinetic data, we suggest that cdk5 exists in two conformations. The inactive kinase conformation predominates in the absence of the activator. Activation occurs in two stages: a rapid and reversible interaction of cdk5 with its activator, which involves only one or two binding domains, followed by a slow stabilization of the active conformation as interaction with all three domains is achieved.
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PMID:Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) activation requires interaction with three domains of p35. 1181 40

Cdk5, a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) family, is predominantly active in neurons, where its activity is tightly regulated by the binding of its neuronal activators p35 and p39. Cdk5 is implicated in regulating the proper neuronal function; a deregulation of cdk5 has been found associated with Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. As oxidative stress products have been seen co-localized with pathological hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases, we studied the effect of oxidative stress on the cdk5 enzyme in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. We evaluated the effects of 4-hydroxynonenal and Ascorbate plus FeSO(4) on cdk5 activity and on the expression of cdk5 and p35 proteins. We report here that oxidative stress stimulates cdk5 activity and induces an upregulation of its regulatory and catalytic subunit expression in IMR-32 vital cells, showing that the cdk5 enzyme is involved in the signaling pathway activated by oxidative stress.
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PMID:Up-regulation of cDK5/p35 by oxidative stress in human neuroblastoma IMR-32 cells. 1257 9

Cdk5 is a unique member of the cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) family of small protein kinases. In association with its neuron-specific activator p35 or p39, Cdk5 displays many regulatory properties distinct from other Cdks. A growing body of evidence has suggested that Cdk5-p35 has important implications in a variety of neuronal activities occurring in the central nervous system. In brain, Cdk5-p35 appears to exist as large molecular complexes with other proteins, and protein-protein interactions appear to be a molecular principle for Cdk5-p35 to conduct its physiological functions. Over the past decade, a number of proteins have been identified to associate with Cdk5-p35. While the majority of these proteins mediate their interaction with Cdk5 through p35, implying that p35 may act not only as an activator of Cdk5 but also as an adaptor to associate Cdk5 with its regulators and physiological targets, a small group of other proteins are found to link directly with Cdk5. In addition, Cdk5 has been found to phosphorylate a diverse list of substrates, further implicating its regulatory roles in a wide range of cellular processes. In this review, we present an updated inventory of the interacting proteins of Cdk5-p35 kinase and its substrates as well as a discussion on the implicated effects of these interactions.
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PMID:Protein-protein interactions in Cdk5 regulation and function. 1467 10


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