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Query: EC:2.7.11.1 (
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Up to 1 mol of phosphoryl groups was incorporated per mol of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor (eIF) 4E following incubation of purified preparations of this factor with purified preparations of a protamine kinase from bovine kidney cytosol. By contrast, purified preparations of two forms of mitogen-activated protein kinase,
casein kinase II
and two forms of a distinct autophosphorylation-activated
protein kinase
exhibited little activity, if any, with
eIF-4E
. Together with previous observations, the results indicate that the protamine kinase could contribute to the insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of
eIF-4E
.
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PMID:Protamine kinase phosphorylates eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor 4E. 131 30
High resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was used to analyze the signal transduction pathways of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) and interleukin 1 (IL-1 alpha and -beta) in human fibroblasts. Approximately 450 discrete radioactive spots were electrophoretically resolved from cytosolic extracts of cells prelabeled with 32P. At least 63 of these polypeptides exhibited significant and concordant phosphorylation or dephosphorylation in response to TNF or IL-1, despite the fact that different receptors are involved. Most of these changes concerned serine/threonine residues although enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of several polypeptides was also observed. Phosphorylation patterns induced by a number of other agonists were compared with the patterns induced by IL-1 and TNF. These included activators of protein kinases C and A, bradykinin (a stimulator of inositol phospholipid hydrolysis), epidermal growth factor, heatshock, and mellitin (an activator of phospholipase A2). Although each of these agonists induced changes resulting in a distinct pattern of protein phosphorylation, none of these patterns had significant homology with that induced by IL-1 and TNF. Other assays were performed to verify the involvement of specific kinases. Collectively, these data indicate that IL-1 and TNF activate multiple protein kinases viz. a kinase(s) which activates microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2) kinase, a kinase that phosphorylates the
cap-binding protein
, and a possibly novel
serine/threonine protein kinase
.
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PMID:Interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor activate common multiple protein kinases in human fibroblasts. 165 Mar 57
Eukaryotic initiation factor-4E (eIF-4E) binds to the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs and is a component of the
cap-binding protein
complex eIF-4F. eIF-4E is present in cells in limiting concentrations and is phosphorylated both in vivo and in vitro by protein kinase C (PKC). Recently, eIF-4E has been implicated as an intracellular transducer of extracellular growth signals; microinjection of recombinant eIF-4E into quiescent NIH 3T3 cells induced DNA synthesis. In the present report, the mitogenic activity of eIF-4E was examined after coinjection with PKC. Recombinant eIF-4E was phosphorylated by PKC at the same amino acid that is phosphorylated in cultured cells and reticulocytes in response to phorbol ester. At limiting concentrations of eIF-4E, coinjection with PKC induced a fivefold increase in the mitogenic activity of eIF-4E. Injection of PKC alone or coinjection of eIF-4E with
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
(
PKA
) or the Raf protein had no effect. These results suggest that the mitogenic activity of eIF-4E is enhanced by PKC-specific phosphorylation and that phosphate addition is a rate-limiting step in eIF-4E activity.
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PMID:Modulation of the mitogenic activity of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-4E by protein kinase C. 191 48
The 25-kDa
mRNA cap-binding protein
(
eIF-4E
) exists in both phosphorylated and dephosphorylated forms in eukaryotic cells. Phosphorylated
eIF-4E
appears to be preferentially associated with 48 S initiation complexes and with the 220-kDa subunit of eIF-4F. In addition, dephosphorylation of
eIF-4E
has been observed during heat shock and mitosis which are accompanied by decreased protein synthesis. However, the control of
eIF-4E
phosphorylation and its regulatory role remain poorly understood. Using
eIF-4E
as a substrate we have identified and purified from rabbit reticulocytes a
protein kinase
that phosphorylates
eIF-4E
in vitro. This enzyme phosphorylated
eIF-4E
on both serine and threonine residues with an apparent Km of 3.7 microM. The molecular mass of the enzyme and specificity for substrates other than
eIF-4E
suggested that this enzyme was a species of
casein kinase I
. This was confirmed by comparing the phosphopeptide map of the purified reticulocyte enzyme with that of rabbit skeletal muscle
casein kinase I
and by comparing phosphopeptide maps of
eIF-4E
phosphorylated in vitro by each enzyme. We conclude that
casein kinase I
phosphorylates
eIF-4E
in vitro and suggest that
eIF-4E
may be phosphorylated by
casein kinase I
in intact cells under some physiologic conditions.
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PMID:Casein kinase I phosphorylates the 25-kDa mRNA cap-binding protein. 198 4
A 10-50-fold, biphasic increase in the rate of 32Pi labeling of
eIF-4E
was closely correlated with the induction of protein and glycoprotein biosynthesis when resting murine splenic B lymphocytes (B cells) were activated by bacterial lipopolysaccharide or the combination of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and ionomycin. The fraction of
eIF-4E
which was phosphorylated only increased from 46% in resting cells to 83% in lipopolysaccharide-activated cells. This discrepancy between the increase in the fraction of phosphorylated
eIF-4E
and the increase in 32Pi labeling suggested that the phosphoryl group of
eIF-4E
turns over slowly in resting B cells compared with activated cells. The turnover rate for the
eIF-4E
phosphate moiety in lipopolysaccharide-activated cells was rapid (t1/2 = 2 h) in comparison to the
eIF-4E
polypeptide chain, which did not turn over detectably in 6 h. Neither protein kinase C nor a
cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase
appeared to be involved in
eIF-4E
phosphorylation in B cells, based on the observations that the metabolic labeling of
eIF-4E
by 32Pi was insensitive to the
protein kinase
inhibitors H-7 and HA1004, and that maximal labeling occurred after protein kinase C activity was "down-regulated" to very low levels in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin-activated cells. Dephosphorylation in vivo was blocked by okadaic acid (IC50 = 200 nM). These results indicate that a rapid phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of
eIF-4E
is associated with high translation rates during the activation of B cells, and implicate protein phosphatase-1 (or possibly-2A) in the dephosphorylation of the initiation factor.
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PMID:Increased rate of phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of the translational initiation factor eIF-4E correlates with the induction of protein and glycoprotein biosynthesis in activated B lymphocytes. 224 37
The 25 kDa mRNA cap binding protein can be purified in a partially phosphorylated state and the extent of its phosphorylation appears to be regulated during heat shock and mitosis in mammalian cells. We demonstrated that a nonabundant
serine protein kinase
activity exists in rabbit reticulocytes that phosphorylates the 25 kDa cap binding protein in both the free (
eIF-4E
) and complexed (eIF-4F) state. This kinase was not inhibited by the
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
inhibitory peptide IAAGRTGRRNAIHDILVAA, did not phosphorylate S6 ribosomal protein, did not phosphorylate p220 of eIF-4F as protein kinase C does and no other substrates for this kinase were apparent in reticulocyte ribosomal salt wash. The molecular identity of this kinase, the specific site(s) of
eIF-4E
that it phosphorylates and its in vivo regulatory role remain to be studied.
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PMID:Identification of a protein kinase activity in rabbit reticulocytes that phosphorylates the mRNA cap binding protein. 296 1
The purification and properties of a
protein serine kinase
(PK-P) extracted with Triton X-100 from membranes of bakers' yeast are described. The enzyme is virtually inactive unless either a histone or a heat-stable polypeptide from yeast membranes and Mg2+ are added. Other divalent cations substitute for Mg2+ poorly or not at all; most of them, including Mn2+, inhibit when added in the presence of 5 mM Mg2+. The enzyme is unstable but can be stabilized by addition of 0.1% Triton X-100 and 20% glycerol. The final preparation shows, on silver-stained electrophoresis gels, two major bands (Mr 41,000 and 35,000). According to gel filtration the molecular weight of the active protein is about 75,000. Of the two subunits, only the smaller one appears to be autophosphorylated. In addition to casein, the enzyme phosphorylates several proteins including the H+-ATPase (Mr 100,000) in the yeast plasma membrane. In order to demonstrate the phosphorylation of the ATPase (up to 0.9 equivalents), exposure of the latter to an acid phosphatase was required. Other phosphorylated proteins include
mRNA cap-binding protein
from mammalian erythrocytes and yeast, a glucocorticoid receptor protein, and a preparation of the guanine nucleotide-binding proteins Gi and Go from brain. A partial purification of a natural activator from yeast plasma membranes is described.
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PMID:Polypeptide-dependent protein kinase from bakers' yeast. 354 2
Eukaryotic translation is believed to be regulated via the phosphorylation of specific eukaryotic initiation factors (eIFs), including one of the cap-binding complex proteins,
eIF-4E
. We show that in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, both
eIF-4E
and another cap-binding complex protein, p20, are phosphoproteins. The major sites of phosphorylation of yeast
eIF-4E
are found to be located in the N-terminal region of its sequence (Ser2 and Ser15) and are thus in a different part of the protein from the main phosphorylation sites (Ser53 and Ser209) proposed previously for mammalian
eIF-4E
. The most likely sites of p20 phosphorylation are at Ser91 and/or Ser154. All of the major sites in the two yeast proteins are phosphorylated by
casein kinase II
in vitro. Casein kinase II phosphorylation of cap-complex proteins should therefore be considered as potentially involved in the control of yeast protein synthesis. Mutagenesis experiments revealed that yeast
eIF-4E
activity is not dependent on the presence of Ser2 or Ser15. On the other hand, we observed variations in the amount of (phosphorylated) p20 associated with the cap-binding complex as a function of cell growth conditions. Our results suggest that interactions of yeast
eIF-4E
with other phosphorylatable proteins, such as p20, could play a pivotal role in translational control.
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PMID:Characterization of the in vivo phosphorylation sites of the mRNA.cap-binding complex proteins eukaryotic initiation factor-4E and p20 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 759 68
Adenovirus prevents host cell protein synthesis during its late phase of replication in large part by causing the underphosphorylation of
translation initiation factor eIF-4E
, a component of initiation factor eIF-4F (
cap-binding protein
complex). Late adenovirus mRNAs are preferentially translated because they possess a reduced requirement for eIF-4F. This study continues the characterization of the mechanism by which adenovirus inhibits cellular protein synthesis. First it is shown that adenovirus blocks the addition of phosphate to
eIF-4E
rather than enhancing its removal, establishing that the virus impairs a signalling pathway or
protein kinase
activity involved in
eIF-4E
phosphorylation. It is then shown that shutoff of cell protein synthesis and translation of late viral mRNAs are uncoupled, in that shutoff actually occurs a short time (1 to 3 h) after late adenovirus mRNAs are already undergoing translation. Finally, by using a variety of genetic mutants stalled at different stages in the viral life cycle, it was found that dephosphorylation of
eIF-4E
and inhibition of cell translation are not caused by early adenovirus gene products acting at late times or by events related to viral DNA replication. Instead, it is shown that inhibition of
eIF-4E
phosphorylation and cell translation are mediated upon activation of the viral major late transcription unit. These and other results presented indicate that the adenovirus signal which induces
eIF-4E
dephosphorylation and shutoff of cell protein synthesis is linked either to an activity of one or more late viral polypeptides, to double-stranded RNA produced by opposition of the early and late viral transcription units, or to both.
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PMID:A late adenovirus factor induces eIF-4E dephosphorylation and inhibition of cell protein synthesis. 793 86
Angiotensin II has been shown to induce hypertrophy of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). To understand the mechanisms of induction of the hypertrophy, we studied its effect on the phosphorylation state of
eIF-4E
, a rate-limiting eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor whose activity has been shown to be regulated by phosphorylation. Angiotensin II induced a 2-3-fold increase in the phosphorylation of
eIF-4E
in VSMC. The stimulation of phosphorylation was apparent at 20 min and persisted for at least 12 h. Phosphoamino acid analysis revealed that serine is the major residue of
eIF-4E
phosphorylated by angiotensin II. Staurosporine and calphostin C, two potent inhibitors of the
serine/threonine protein kinase
, protein kinase C, significantly attenuated the angiotensin II-induced
eIF-4E
phosphorylation. Staurosporine and calphostin C also blunted the angiotensin II-stimulated protein synthesis. Together, these observations indicate that angiotensin II induces phosphorylation of
eIF-4E
in a protein kinase C-dependent manner and suggest that this pathway may play an important role in the mechanism by which angiotensin II causes hypertrophy of VSMC.
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PMID:Angiotensin II induces phosphorylation of eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor 4E in vascular smooth muscle cells. 812 29
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