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Query: EC:2.7.11.11 (
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The activity of soluble protein kinase (
ATP:protein phosphotransferase
,EC 2.7.1.37) and pattern of nuclear protein phosphorylation was monitored in cultured rat pineal glands during the induction of
serotonin N-acetyltransferase
(acetyl-CoA:
serotonin N-acetyltransferase
;
EC 2.3.1.5
)by l-isoproterenol. A nuclear protein appears to be phosphorylated during the early stages of enzyme induction but is not phosphorylated at later stages of induction. This correlates well with the need for RNA synthesis associated with the induction process. The nuclear protein was also phosphorylated when the pineal glands were treated with dibutyryl 3':5'-cyclic AMP. The soluble protein kinase activity appeared to decline during mid-to-late stages of enzyme induction, but there was no concomitant increase in the particulate protein kinase activity.
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PMID:Pineal protein phosphorylation during serotonin N-acetyltransferase induction. 19 43
In the rat pineal gland neuronal signals determine the rhythmic synthesis of the hormone melatonin. Norepinephrine (NE) is the principal neurotransmitter that drives hormone synthesis by activating the cAMP signaling pathway. This activation depends on transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms. The cAMP-dependent transcriptional regulation of the rate-limiting enzyme of melatonin synthesis, arylalkylamine-
N-acetyltransferase
(AA-NAT) involves the activating transcription factor (TF) CREB and the inhibitory TF ICER. By silencing elements of this cAMP-dependent neuroendocrine transduction cascade we wished to gain further insight into the role of ICER in the regulation of gene expression in rat pineal gland. Inhibition of specific kinases in primary pinealocyte cultures showed that ICER induction depends pivotally on the activation of
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
II. Eliminating ICER's impact by transfecting antisense constructs into pinealocytes revealed a predominant beta-adrenergic mechanism in regulating a cotransfected CRE-inducible reporter gene and notably, also the endogenous AA-NAT gene. Deciphering molecular details of the cAMP-dependent gene expression in mammalian pinealocytes provides a basis for understanding the general architecture of this signaling pathway that serves adaptive processes ubiquitously in the organism.
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PMID:Antisense experiments reveal molecular details on mechanisms of ICER suppressing cAMP-inducible genes in rat pinealocytes. 1094 37
