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The recently cloned ATM gene is mutated in patients with ataxia telangiectasia, but its biological functions remain to be experimentally determined. Structural analysis has revealed ATM sequence similarities to the catalytic domains of phosphatidyl-3 kinase and other members of this family of yeast and mammalian proteins. Rabbit polyclonal antibodies raised against polypeptide regions unique to the COOH terminus and to the NH2 terminus of the published ATM sequence confirm ATM as M(r) approximately 350,000 protein in normal cells, which is missing in AT cells. Immunoprecipitated protein(s) is capable of phosphorylating I kappa B-alpha in an in vitro kinase assay. However, we did not observe a phosphatidyl-3 kinase or a DNA-dependent protein kinase function by ATM immunoprecipitates. These data support a protein kinase activity for ATM and suggest a role in NF-kappa B activation.
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PMID:ATM gene product phosphorylates I kappa B-alpha. 898 33

The DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a trimeric enzyme consisting of a 460-kDa catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) and a heterodimeric regulatory complex called Ku, which is comprised of 70 (Ku70) and 86 (Ku80) kDa subunits. Mutations that affect the expression of the catalytic or Ku80 subunits of DNA-PK disrupt both V(D)J recombination and DNA double-stranded break repair pathways. In this report, we show that two previously uncharacterized rodent cell lines that are defective in DNA double-stranded break repair express catalytically inactive DNA-PK. The DNA-PKcs from the DNA double-stranded break repair mutant cell lines IRS-20 and SX-9 assembles on double-stranded DNA but fails to function as a protein kinase. In addition to the kinase defect, the abundance of the DNA-PKcs from both of these cell lines is reduced relative to wild-type controls. These results suggest that the DNA-PKcs gene from each of these cell lines contains mutations that inactivate the enzymatic activity and the expression or stability of the gene product. These data further strengthen the hypothesis that DNA-PK-mediated protein phosphorylation is a necessary component of the DNA double-stranded break repair pathway.
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PMID:Characterization of two DNA double-stranded break repair-deficient cell lines that express inactive DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunits. 909 71

In mammalian cells, four protein kinases form the PI3-kinase-related protein kinase (PIK) superfamily. These four enzymes-FRAP, DNA-PK, ATM, and ATR-are distinguished by their large size (all are >2500 amino acids), their common primary sequence relatedness through the carboxy-terminal protein kinase domain, and their sequence similarity to the p110 lipid kinase subunit of PI3-kinase. FRAP (FKBP12 and rapamycin-binding protein kinase) participates in mitogenic and growth factor responses in G1 and may regulate specific mRNA translation signals. DNA-PK (DNA-dependent protein kinase), ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated), and ATR (ataxia telangiectasia and Rad 3 related) are thought to participate in responses to nuclear cues that activate DNA rearrangements or cell cycle arrests. Recent studies in this protein kinase family indicate an important role for ATM and ATR in a meiotic surveillance mechanism that may regulate proper chromosome transmission.
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PMID:Responses to DNA damage and regulation of cell cycle checkpoints by the ATM protein kinase family. 911 20

SCG10 is a neuron-specific, developmentally regulated protein which is highly enriched in growth cones. Sequence homology indicates that it is related to the phosphoprotein stathmin or Op18, an in vitro and in vivo substrate for several serine/threonine kinases which are involved in a variety of signaling pathways. As a first step to examine the biochemical properties of SCG10, the protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to apparent homogeneity. The purified protein was used in in vitro phosphorylation assays. SCG10 was phosphorylated by MAP kinase, cAMP-dependent protein kinase, cGMP-dependent protein kinase, p34cdc2 kinase, DNA-dependent protein kinase, Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II, and casein kinase II. The protein was not a substrate for casein kinase I and protein kinase C. SCG10 was phosphorylated by src tyrosine kinase, which demonstrates that the protein can be phosphorylated in vitro on a tyrosine residue. Our data suggest that SCG10 is a phosphoprotein which might be involved in signal transduction in neurons.
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PMID:Purification, characterization, and in vitro phosphorylation of the neuron-specific membrane-associated protein SCG10. 912 8

Nuclear localization sequence (NLS)-dependent nuclear import of SV40 large tumor antigen (T-Ag) fusion proteins is regulated by phosphorylation sites for casein kinase II (CKII) and the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc2 amino-terminal to the NLS (amino acids 126-132). Between the T-Ag CKII and Cdc2 sites is a site (Ser120) for the double-stranded DNA-dependent protein kinase (dsDNA-PK), which we show here for the first time to play a role in regulating T-Ag nuclear import. We replaced Ser120 by aspartic acid or alanine using site-directed mutagenesis and assessed the effects on nuclear transport kinetics both in vivo (microinjected cells) and in vitro (mechanically perforated cells) in HTC rat hepatoma cells. Maximal nuclear accumulation of the Asp120 and Ala120 protein derivatives was approximately 40% and 70% reduced in vivo, respectively, compared with that of the wild type protein, and similarly reduced in vitro, although to a lesser extent. This implies that the dsDNA-PK site regulates the maximal level of nuclear accumulation, normally functioning to enhance T-Ag nuclear transport; the higher accumulation of the Asp120 protein compared with the Ala120 protein indicates that negative charge at the dsDNA-PK site is mechanistically important in regulating nuclear import. The Asp120 protein accumulated in the nucleus at a faster rate than the wild type protein, implying that phosphorylation at Ser120 may also regulate the nuclear import rate. CKII phosphorylation of the Asp120 protein in cytosol or by purified CKII was approximately 30% higher than that of the Ser120 and Ala120 proteins, while negative charge at the CKII site increased dsDNA-PK phosphorylation of Ser120 by approximately 80% compared with wild type, implying physical and functional interactions between the two phosphorylation sites. Quantitation of NLS recognition by the importin 58/97 subunits using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay indicated that while the Ala120 protein derivative had a binding affinity very similar to that of wild type, the Asp120 derivative showed 40% higher affinity. In vitro CKII phosphorylation increased importin binding by about 30% in all cases. These results imply that negative charge at the dsDNA-PK site may enhance nuclear import through increasing both NLS recognition by importin subunits, and phosphorylation at the CKII site, which itself also facilitates NLS recognition by importin 58/97.
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PMID:SV40 large tumor antigen nuclear import is regulated by the double-stranded DNA-dependent protein kinase site (serine 120) flanking the nuclear localization sequence. 926 64

The DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) controls the repair of double-stranded DNA breaks in mammalian cells. The protein kinase subunit of DNA-PK (DNA-PKcs) is targeted to DNA breaks by association with the Ku DNA-binding heterodimer. Here we show that a Ku association site is present at the carboxyl terminus of DNA-PKcs (amino acids 3002-3850) near the protein kinase domain. Correspondingly, the nuclear c-Abl tyrosine kinase that associates with DNA-PK also binds to the kinase homology domain. The c-Abl SH3 domain binds to amino acids 3414-3850 of DNA-PKcs. c-Abl phosphorylates C-terminal fragments of DNA-PKcs, particularly amino acids 3414-3850. c-Abl phosphorylation of DNA-PKcs disassociates the DNA-PKcs.Ku complex. Thus, Ku and c-Abl provide opposing functions with regard to DNA-PK activity.
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PMID:Binding of Ku and c-Abl at the kinase homology region of DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit. 931 71

The DNA dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a trimeric nuclear complex consisting of a large protein kinase and the Ku heterodimer that regulates kinase activity by its association with DNA. Recent findings have shown structural similarities between DNA-PK and a family of lipid and putative protein kinases (PIK family). DNA-PK is one of the PIK members known to be a protein kinase with clearly identified effector subunits. A broad range of observations link DNA-PK to dual roles in double strand DNA break (DSB) repair and transcription. Unlike its most closely related PIKs, DNA-PK is not required for activating cell cycle regulated DNA damage signalling mechanisms. Instead, the phenotypes and biochemical properties of DNA-PK are most consistent with functions in DSB repair and joining steps in recombination mechanisms. DNA-PK is associated with RNA polymerase II and RNA polymerase I transcription complexes, where it most frequently has a negative regulatory role.
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PMID:Functions of the DNA dependent protein kinase. 933 3

The DNA-PKcs gene encodes the 465-kDa catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), which associates with heterodimeric autoantigens Ku70 and Ku80 and exhibits protein kinase activity depending on DNA double-strand breaks. The gene is also responsible for the aberration in severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) mice, which exhibit a high sensitivity to ionizing radiation and abnormal DNA rearrangement of immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genes. There is further evidence that DNA-PKcs phosphorylates various proteins involved in DNA replication, transcription, repair, and recombination. Nevertheless the structure/function relationship in this huge molecule is virtually unknown. We determined the exons and introns of the murine DNA-PKcs gene by the long-distance polymerase chain reaction method. The murine DNA-PKcs gene consists of 86 exons distributed in a region of more than 250 kb. The average size of the exons is 140 bp. All the splicing sites conform to the GT/AG rule. The SCID mutation site (Tyr4046) has been identified in exon 85. The genomic structure of the DNA-PKcs gene provides clues for the study of various functional domains in this macromolecule.
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PMID:The murine DNA-PKcs gene consists of 86 exons dispersed in more than 250 kb. 933 76

Heterodimers of the 70 and 80 kDa Ku autoantigens (Ku70 and Ku80) activate the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK). Mutations in any of the three subunits of this protein kinase (Ku70, Ku80 and DNA-PKcs) lead to sensitivity to ionizing radiation (IR) and to DNA double-strand breaks, and V(D)J recombination product formation defects. Here we show that the IR repair, DNA end binding and DNA-PK defects in Ku70-/- embryonic stem cells can be counteracted by introducing epitope-tagged wild-type Ku70 cDNA. Truncations and chimeras of Ku70 were used to identify the regions necessary for DNA end binding and IR repair. Site-specific mutational analysis revealed a core region of Ku70 responsible for DNA end binding and heterodimerization. The propensity for Ku70 to associate with Ku80 and to bind DNA correlates with the ability to activate DNA-PK, although two mutants showed that the roles of Ku70 in DNA-PK activation and IR repair are separate. Mutation of DNA-PK autophosphorylation sites and other structural motifs in Ku70 showed that these sites are not necessary for IR repair in vivo. These studies reveal Ku70 features required for double-strand break repair.
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PMID:Double-strand break repair by Ku70 requires heterodimerization with Ku80 and DNA binding functions. 936

The gene product of XRCC4 has been implicated in both V(D)J recombination and the more general process of double strand break repair (DSBR). To date its role in these processes is unknown. Here, we describe biochemical characteristics of the murine XRCC4 protein. XRCC4 expressed in insect cells exists primarily as a disulfide-linked homodimer, although it can also form large multimers. Recombinant XRCC4 is phosphorylated during expression in insect cells. XRCC4 phosphorylation in Sf9 cells occurs on serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues. We also investigated whether XRCC4 interacts with the other factor known to be requisite for both V(D)J recombination and DSBR, the DNA-dependent protein kinase. We report that XRCC4 is an efficient in vitro substrate of DNA-PK and another unidentified serine/ threonine protein kinase(s). Both DNA-PK dependent and independent phosphorylation of XRCC4 in vitro occurs only on serine and threonine residues within the COOH-terminal 130 amino acids, a region of the molecule that is not absolutely required for XRCC4's DSBR function. Finally, recombinant XRCC4 facilitates Ku binding to DNA, promoting assembly of DNA-PK and complexing with DNA-PK bound to DNA. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that XRCC4 functions as an alignment factor in the DNA-PK complex.
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PMID:The XRCC4 gene product is a target for and interacts with the DNA-dependent protein kinase. 943 Jul 29


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