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Query: EC:2.7.11.1 (protein kinase)
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The Arabidopsis SOS2 (Salt Overly Sensitive 2)-like protein kinases (PKS) are novel protein kinases that contain an SNF1-like catalytic domain with a putative activation loop and a regulatory domain with an FISL motif that binds calcium sensors. Very little biochemical and functional information is currently available on this family of kinases. Here we report on the expression of the PKS11 gene, activation and characterization of the gene product, and transgenic evaluation of its function in plants. PKS11 transcript was preferentially expressed in roots of Arabidopsis plants. Recombinant glutathione S-transferase fusion protein of PKS11 was inactive in substrate phosphorylation. However, the kinase can be highly activated by a threonine 161 to aspartate substitution (designated PKS11T161D) in the putative activation loop. Interestingly, PKS11 can also be activated by substitution of either a serine or tyrosine with aspartate within the activation loop. Deletion of the FISL motif also resulted in a slight activation of PKS11. PKS11T161D displayed an uncommon preference for Mn(2+) over Mg(2+) for substrate phosphorylation and autophosphorylation. The optimal pH and temperature values of PKS11T161D were determined to be 7.5 and 30 degrees C, respectively. The activated kinase showed substrate specificity, high affinity, and catalytic efficiency for a peptide substrate p3 and for ATP. AMP or ADP at concentrations from 10 microm to 1 mm did not activate PKS11T161D. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing PKS11T161D were more resistant to high concentrations of glucose, suggesting the involvement of this protein kinase in sugar signaling in plants. These results provide insights into the function as well as regulation and biochemical properties of the PKS protein kinase.
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PMID:Biochemical and functional characterization of PKS11, a novel Arabidopsis protein kinase. 1202 80

We identified three genes homologous to water channels in the plasma membrane type subfamily from roots of barley seedlings. These genes were designated HvPIP2;1, HvPIP1;3, and HvPIP1;5 after comparison to Arabidopsis aquaporins. Competitive reverse transcription (RT)-PCR was applied in order to distinguish and to quantify their transcripts. The HvPIP2;1 transcript was the most abundant among the three in roots. Salt stress (200 mM NaCl) down-regulated HvPIP2;1 (transcript and protein), but had almost no effect on the expressions of HvPIP1;3, or HvPIP1;5. Approximately equal amounts of the transcripts of the three were detected in shoots, and salt stress enhanced the expression of HvPIP2;1 but not of HvPIP1;3, or HvPIP1;5. HvPIP2;1 protein was confirmed to be localized in the plasma membrane. Functional expression of HvPIP2;1 in Xenopus oocytes confirmed that HvPIP2;1 encoded an aquaporin that transports water. This water permeability was reduced by HgCl(2), which is a typical water channel inhibitor. This activity was not modified by some inhibitors against protein kinase and protein phosphatase.
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PMID:Functional analysis of water channels in barley roots. 1219 91

Salt-inducible kinase (SIK), a serine/threonine protein kinase expressed at an early stage of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation in Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells, repressed the cAMP-responsive element (CRE)-dependent gene transcription by acting on the basic leucine zipper domain of the CRE-binding protein (Doi, J., Takemori, H., Lin, X.-z., Horike, N., Katoh, Y., and Okamoto, M. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 15629-15637). The mechanism of SIK-mediated gene regulation has been further explored. Here we show that SIK changes its subcellular location after the addition of ACTH. The immunocytochemical and fluorocytochemical analyses showed that SIK was present both in the nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments of resting cells; when the cells were stimulated with ACTH the nuclear SIK moved into the cytoplasm within 15 min; the level of SIK in the nuclear compartment gradually returned to the initial level after 12 h. SIK translocation was blocked by pretreatment with leptomycin B. A mutant SIK whose Ser-577, the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA)-dependent phosphorylation site, was replaced with Ala could not move out of the nucleus under stimulation by ACTH. As expected, the degree of repression exerted by SIK on CRE reporter activity was weak as long as SIK was present in the cytoplasmic compartment. The same was true for the SIK-mediated repression of a steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein-gene promoter, which contained a CRE-like sequence at -95 to -85 bp. These results suggest that in the ACTH-stimulated Y1 cells the nuclear SIK was PKA-dependently phosphorylated, and the phosphorylated SIK was then translocated out of the nuclei. This intracellular translocation of SIK, a CRE-repressor, may account for the time-dependent change in the level of ACTH-activated expression of the StAR protein gene.
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PMID:ACTH-induced nucleocytoplasmic translocation of salt-inducible kinase. Implication in the protein kinase A-activated gene transcription in mouse adrenocortical tumor cells. 1220 Apr 23

The Arabidopsis Salt Overly Sensitive 2 (SOS2) gene encodes a serine/threonine (Thr) protein kinase that has been shown to be a critical component of the salt stress signaling pathway. SOS2 contains a sucrose-non-fermenting protein kinase 1/AMP-activated protein kinase-like N-terminal catalytic domain with an activation loop and a unique C-terminal regulatory domain with an FISL motif that binds to the calcium sensor Salt Overly Sensitive 3. In this study, we examined some of the biochemical properties of the SOS2 in vitro. To determine its biochemical properties, we expressed and isolated a number of active and inactive SOS2 mutants as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins in Escherichia coli. Three constitutively active mutants, SOS2T168D, SOS2T168D Delta F, and SOS2T168D Delta 308, were obtained previously, which contain either the Thr-168 to aspartic acid (Asp) mutation in the activation loop or combine the activation loop mutation with removal of the FISL motif or the entire regulatory domain. These active mutants exhibited a preference for Mn(2+) relative to Mg(2+) and could not use GTP as phosphate donor for either substrate phosphorylation or autophosphorylation. The three enzymes had similar peptide substrate specificity and catalytic efficiency. Salt overly sensitive 3 had little effect on the activity of the activation loop mutant SOS2T168D, either in the presence or absence of calcium. The active mutant SOS2T168D Delta 308 could not transphosphorylate an inactive protein (SOS2K40N), which indicates an intramolecular reaction mechanism of SOS2 autophosphorylation. Interestingly, SOS2 could be activated not only by the Thr-168 to Asp mutation but also by a serine-156 or tyrosine-175 to Asp mutation within the activation loop. Our results provide insights into the regulation and biochemical properties of SOS2 and the SOS2 subfamily of protein kinases.
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PMID:Biochemical characterization of the Arabidopsis protein kinase SOS2 that functions in salt tolerance. 1222 5

Salt-inducible kinase (SIK), a 776 amino acids-protein, contains a kinase domain in the NH2-terminal 278 amino acid residues, and the biological functions of its COOH-terminal half have yet to be clarified. Here we describe the roles played by several domains in the SIK molecule. K56, an amino acid residue found in a region similar to the ATP-binding loop of other protein kinases, was essential for carrying out the SIKs phosphorylation reaction. An SNF-1 homology domain (SNH), identified at a peptide stretch from the 317th to the 346th residues, and conserved among all the sucrose-nonfermenting-1 protein kinase (SNF-1) family protein kinases, was important to maintain the SIKs protein conformation in the cells. S577, an amino acid residue found in one of three consensus PKA-dependent phosphorylation motifs, was indeed phosphorylated by PKA. The phosphorylated SIK was found to move out of the nucleus to the cytoplasm.
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PMID:Roles of several domains identified in the primary structure of salt-inducible kinase (SIK). 1253 Jun 28

Salt-inducible kinase (SIK), a novel serine/threonine protein kinase from adrenal glands of rats fed with a high-salt diet, is induced by ACTH in Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells. Overexpression of SIK repressed ACTH-mediated expression of CYP11A- and Steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR)-genes by inhibiting CREB bound to their promoters. Immunocytochemical and GFP-fluorocytochemical analyses indicated that SIK was present both in the nucleus and cytosol of resting cells. Responding to ACTH, the nuclear SIK moved to the cytosol. The level of phosphorylation at Ser577, a canonical PKA-phosphorylation site, was elevated by ACTH treatment. The disruption of the serine residue inhibited the nuclear export and enhanced the transcription repression activity of SIK. Various deletion mutants suggested a functional nuclear localization signal was present near Ser577. We conclude that the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of SIK may play an important role in the transcriptional regulation of the cAMP-responsive element (CRE)-dependent gene expression.
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PMID:Identification of the nuclear localization domain of salt-inducible kinase. 1253 Jun 31

C(4) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase: EC 4.1.1.31) is subjected to in vivo regulatory phosphorylation by a light up-regulated, calcium-independent protein kinase. Salt stress greatly enhanced phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase-kinase (PEPCase-k) activity in leaves of Sorghum. The increase in PEPCase-k anticipated the time course of proline accumulation thereby suggesting that water stress was not involved in the kinase response to salt. Moreover, osmotic stress seemed not to be the main factor implicated, as demonstrated by the lack of effect when water availability was restricted by mannitol. In contrast, LiCl (at a concentration of 10 mM in short-term treatment of both excised leaves and whole plants) mimicked the effects of 172 mM NaCl salt-acclimation, indicating that the rise in PEPCase-k activity resulted primarily from the ionic stress. Both NaCl and LiCl treatments increased the activity of a Ca(2+)-independent, 35 kDa kinase, as demonstrated by an in-gel phosphorylation experiment. Short-term treatment of excised leaves with NaCl or LiCl partially reproduces the effects of whole plant treatments. Finally, salinization also increased PEPCase-k activity and the phosphorylation state of PEPCase in darkened Sorghum leaves. This fact, together with increased malate production during the dark period, suggests a shift towards mixed C(4) and crassulacean acid metabolism types of photosynthesis in response to salt stress.
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PMID:Characterization of salt stress-enhanced phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase activity in leaves of Sorghum vulgare: independence from osmotic stress, involvement of ion toxicity and significance of dark phosphorylation. 1256 7

Salt-inducible kinase (SIK), first cloned from the adrenal glands of rats fed a high salt diet, is a serine/threonine protein kinase belonging to an AMP-activated protein kinase family. Induced in Y1 cells at an early stage of ACTH stimulation, it regulated the initial steps of steroidogenesis. Here we report the identification of its isoform SIK2. When a green fluorescent protein-fused SIK2 was expressed in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, it was mostly present in the cytoplasm. When coexpressed in cAMP-responsive element-reporter assay systems, SIK2 could repress the cAMP-responsive element-dependent transcription, although the degree of repression seemed weaker than that by SIK1. SIK2 was specifically expressed in adipose tissues. When 3T3-L1 cells were treated with the adipose differentiation mixture, SIK2 mRNA was induced within 1 h, the time of induction almost coinciding with that of c/EBPbeta mRNA. Coexpressed with human insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) in COS cells, SIK2 could phosphorylate Ser(794) of human IRS-1. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of SIK2 in adipocytes elevated the level of phosphorylation at Ser(789), the mouse equivalent of human Ser(794). Moreover, the activity and content of SIK2 were elevated in white adipose tissues of db/db diabetic mice. These results suggest that highly expressed SIK2 in insulin-stimulated adipocytes phosphorylates Ser(794) of IRS-1 and, as a result, might modulate the efficiency of insulin signal transduction, eventually causing the insulin resistance in diabetic animals.
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PMID:Adipose-specific expression, phosphorylation of Ser794 in insulin receptor substrate-1, and activation in diabetic animals of salt-inducible kinase-2. 1262 99

Salt-inducible kinase (SIK), expressed in Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells at an early stage of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-stimulation, represses the cAMP-responsive element (CRE)-dependent gene expression of CYP11A and StAR by acting on bZIP domain of CRE-binding protein. ACTH induced the SIK's nuclear to cytosolic translocation in a PKA-dependent manner. A mutant SIK in which the PKA-dependently phosphorylatable Ser577 had been replaced with Ala could not move out of the nucleus. The degree of CRE-reporter repression by SIK was strong as long as SIK was present in the nucleus. These indicated that intracellular translocation of SIK might be an important factor to determine the time-dependent change in the level of steroidogenic gene expression in ACTH-stimulated cells. Promoter analyses suggested that SIK repressed gene expressions not only of CYP11A and StAR but also of CYP11B1, CYP11B2 and SIK itself. We propose here that SIK is one of important molecule regulating expression of steroidogenic genes in the early phase of ACTH treatment.
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PMID:Salt-inducible kinase-mediated regulation of steroidogenesis at the early stage of ACTH-stimulation. 1294 28

For plants growing in highly saline environments, accumulation of sodium in the cell cytoplasm leads to disruption of metabolic processes and reduced growth. Maintaining low levels of cytoplasmic sodium requires the coordinate regulation of transport proteins on numerous cellular membranes. Our previous studies have linked components of the Salt-Overly-Sensitive pathway (SOS1-3) to salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana and demonstrated that the activity of the plasma membrane Na+/H+ exchanger (SOS1) is regulated by SOS2 (a protein kinase) and SOS3 (a calcium-binding protein). Current studies were undertaken to determine if the Na+/H+ exchanger in the vacuolar membrane (tonoplast) of Arabidopsis is also a target for the SOS regulatory pathway. Characterization of tonoplast Na+/H+ exchange demonstrated that it represents activity originating from the AtNHX proteins since it could be inhibited by 5-(N-methyl-N-isobutyl)amiloride and by anti-NHX1 antibodies. Transport activity was selective for sodium (apparent Km=31 mm) and electroneutral (one sodium ion for each proton). When compared with tonoplast Na+/H+-exchange activity in wild type, activity was significantly higher, greatly reduced, and unchanged in sos1, sos2, and sos3, respectively. Activated SOS2 protein added in vitro increased tonoplast Na+/H+-exchange activity in vesicles isolated from sos2 but did not have any effect on activity in vesicles isolated from wild type, sos1, or sos3. These results demonstrate that (i) the tonoplast Na+/H+ exchanger in Arabidopsis is a target of the SOS regulatory pathway, (ii) there are branches to the SOS pathway, and (iii) there may be coordinate regulation of the exchangers in the tonoplast and plasma membrane.
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PMID:Regulation of vacuolar Na+/H+ exchange in Arabidopsis thaliana by the salt-overly-sensitive (SOS) pathway. 1457 Sep 21


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