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Query: EC:2.7.11.11 (AMPK)
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A series of mutant cell lines (Kin) were previously isolated from Y1 adrenocortical tumor cells based on their ability to resist the growth-inhibitory effects of 8-bromo cAMP. In these Kin clones, cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAMPdPK) was resistant to activation by cAMP as the consequence of mutations affecting the type I regulatory subunit (RI) of the enzyme. This study shows that the cAMP-resistant phenotypes of mutant clones Kin-2, Kin-7, and Kin-8 were associated with single base changes causing substitutions, respectively, of Glu for Gly200, Trp for Arg334, and Asp for Gly324 in the RI protein. By expressing the mutant Trp334 and Asp324 forms of RI under the control of an inducible promoter in Y1 cells, the causal relationship between these RI mutations and impairment of cAMP-stimulated adrenocortical responses was studied. Expression of the mutant RI forms rendered cAMPdPK resistant to activation by cAMP and decreased cAMP-stimulated cell rounding, steroid production, and growth inhibition. These observations indicate that the cAMP-resistant phenotype of Kin mutant clones resulted specifically from single mutational events in RI and thus establish the importance of cAMPdPK as an essential regulator of adrenocortical function. Unlike the original Kin mutant clones, transformants expressing the mutant forms of RI had adenylyl cyclases that were resistant to activation by ACTH, forskolin, or sodium fluoride. These results indicate that there may be a hitherto unappreciated mechanism of regulation of adenylyl cyclase activity by cAMPdPK.
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PMID:Molecular basis for the 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate resistance of Kin mutant Y1 adrenocortical tumor cells. 838 94

Many guanine-nucleotide-binding-protein-coupled receptors contain consensus sequences for phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), often located in the membrane proximal regions critically important for receptor signalling. In the present study, we have evaluated by site-directed mutagenesis the role of the putative PKA phosphorylation sites in the m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR), i.e. Thr145 in the second cytoplasmic loop and Thr399 in the third cytoplasmic loop, and the influence of PKA on m4 mAChR function and internalization. Antagonist binding was unaltered by any of the mutations studied, while the agonist-binding affinity was either not affected (Thr145 alanine), increased (Thr399 alanine) or decreased (Thr399 serine or aspartic acid). m4 mAChR-mediated inhibition of adenylyl cyclase was unaltered by the mutations, except for an approximately tenfold reduced agonist potency of the Thr399 aspartic acid mutated receptor. Agonist-induced receptor internalization was unaltered with Thr399 serine or aspartic acid mutations of the receptors, but was strongly decreased in its rate and extent upon replacement of Thr399, Thr145 or both of these residues with alanine. These mutational effects could not be reproduced by treatment of wild-type receptor-expressing cells with the PKA inhibitor H-8. Furthermore, maximal stimulation of cellular PKA neither affected receptor internalization nor signalling measured as receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilization. We conclude that the membrane proximal threonine residues of the m4 mAChR are not required for receptor signalling, but replacement by alanine residues can significantly affect receptor internalization, independently of PKA phosphorylation. Sequence comparisons suggest that threonine residues at corresponding positions may be relevant to internalization of other guanine-nucleotide-binding-protein-coupled receptors.
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PMID:The role of membrane proximal threonine residues conserved among guanine-nucleotide-binding-protein-coupled receptors in internalization of the m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. 853

To assess the role of phosphorylation of the human multidrug resistance MDR1 gene product P-glycoprotein for its drug transport activity, phosphorylation sites within its linker region were subjected to mutational analysis. We constructed a 5A mutant, in which serines at positions 661, 667, 671, 675, and 683 were replaced by nonphosphorylatable alanine residues, and a 5D mutant carrying aspartic acid residues at the respective positions to mimic permanently phosphorylated serine residues. Transfection studies revealed that both mutants were targeted properly to the cell surface and conferred multidrug resistance by diminishing drug accumulation. In contrast to wild-type P-glycoprotein, the overexpressed 5A and the 5D mutants exhibited no detectable levels of phosphorylation, either in vivo following metabolic labeling of cells with [32P]orthophosphate or in vitro in phosphorylation assays with protein kinase C, cAMP-dependent protein kinase, or a P-glyco-protein-specific protein kinase purified from multidrug-resistant KB-V1 cells. These results reconfirm that the major P-glycoprotein phosphorylation sites are located within the linker region. Furthermore, the first direct evidence is provided that phosphorylation/dephosphorylation mechanisms do not play an essential role in the establishment of the multidrug resistance phenotype mediated by human P-glycoprotein.
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PMID:Characterization of phosphorylation-defective mutants of human P-glycoprotein expressed in mammalian cells. 857 73

Stimulation of rat adipocytes with insulin and isoproterenol results in serine phosphorylation and activation of the adipocyte cGMP-inhibited phosphodiesterase (cGI PDE), events believed to be important in the antilipolytic action of insulin (Degerman, E., Smith, C.J., Tornqvist, H., Vasta, V., Manganiello, V.C., and Belfrage, P. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87,533-537). Here we demonstrate, by two-dimensional phosphopeptide mapping, that the major phosphopeptide generated by trypsin, or trypsin followed by Asp-N protease digestion of [32P]cGI PDE phosphorylated in adipocytes in response to isoproterenol and/or insulin, in each case co-migrates with the phosphopeptide released by the same treatment of M297FRRPS(P)LPCISREQ310. This peptide was synthesized based on the deduced sequence of the cloned rat adipocyte cGI PDE and phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A). Radiosequencing of authentic and synthetic tryptic 32P-peptides showed that a single site in cGI PDE (Ser302) was phosphorylated in adipocytes incubated with isoproterenol and/or insulin. The more than additive phosphorylation and activation of cGI PDE in response to the two hormones found in this report and previously (Smith, C.J., Vasta, V., Degerman, E., Belfrage, P., and Manganiello, V.C. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 13385-13390) is proposed to reflect cross-talk between their respective signal transduction pathways at the level of the cGI PDE serine protein kinase or upstream regulatory component(s).
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PMID:Identification of the site in the cGMP-inhibited phosphodiesterase phosphorylated in adipocytes in response to insulin and isoproterenol. 862 20

The elevation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels in the cell downregulates the activity of the Raf-1 kinase. It has been suggested that this effect is due to the activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), which can directly phosphorylate Raf-1 in vitro. In this study, we confirmed this hypothesis by coexpressing Raf-1 with the constitutively active catalytic subunit of PKA, which could fully reproduce the inhibition previously achieved by cAMP. PKA-phosphorylated Raf-1 exhibits a reduced affinity for GTP-loaded Ras as well as impaired catalytic activity. As the binding to GTP-loaded Ras induces Raf-1 activation in the cell, we examined which mechanism is required for PKA-mediated Raf-1 inhibition in vivo. A Raf-1 point mutant (RafR89L), which is unable to bind Ras, as well as the isolated Raf-1 kinase domain were still fully susceptible to inhibition by PKA, demonstrating that the phosphorylation of the Raf-1 kinase suffices for inhibition. By the use of mass spectroscopy and point mutants, PKA phosphorylation site was mapped to a single site in the Raf-1 kinase domain, serine 621. Replacement of serine 621 by alanine or cysteine or destruction of the PKA consensus motif by changing arginine 618 resulted in the loss of catalytic activity. Notably, a mutation of serine 619 to alanine did not significantly affect kinase activity or regulation by activators or PKA. Changing serine 621 to aspartic acid yielded a Raf-1 protein which, when expressed to high levels in Sf-9 insect cells, retained a very low inducible kinase activity that was resistant to PKA downregulation. The purified Raf-1 kinase domain displayed slow autophosphorylation of serine 621, which correlated with a decrease in catalytic function. The Raf-1 kinase domain activated by tyrosine phosphorylation could be downregulated by PKA. Specific removal of the phosphate residue at serine 621 reactivated the catalytic activity. These results are most consistent with a dual role of serine 621. On the one hand, serine 621 appears essential for catalytic activity; on the other hand, it serves as a phosphorylation site which confers negative regulation.
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PMID:Negative regulation of Raf-1 by phosphorylation of serine 621. 881 53

The carboxyl group of an aspartic acid in the active site of the serine-specific protein kinase, cAMP-dependent protein kinase, is poised near the hydroxyl proton of a peptide substrate in the X-ray crystallographic structure (Madhusudan et al., 1994), suggesting that this residue may act as a general-base catalyst in the phosphoryl transfer reaction. Indeed, several proposals have been made in this regard. We measured the pre-steady-state kinetics in this enzyme using a rapid quench flow technique to understand the role of this putative base. The phosphorylation of the peptide substrate, GRTGRRNSI, by cAMP-dependent protein kinase exhibited "burst" kinetics consistent with a mechanism in which the peptide is phosphorylated rapidly (154 s(-1)) and the product(s) is (are) released slowly (16 s(-1)). The replacement of Mg2+ with Mn2+ leads to a 13-fold reduction in this observed "burst" rate constant, suggesting that this transient is limited either by the phosphoryl transfer step or by a metal ion-dependent conformational change step. The influence of deuterium oxide on the pre-steady-state kinetics was monitored in the presence of both divalent metal ions, and no solvent isotope effect was measured on either "burst" phase. A large solvent isotope effect is observed on k(cat) in the presence of either metal ion, and a proton inventory analysis in the presence of Mg2+ indicates that two or more protons are transferred in the product release step. Finally, no pH dependence is observed on the "burst" rate constant using either Mg2+ or Mn2+ over the pH range of 6-9. The combined data do not support a mechanism involving a general-base catalyst whose pK(a) is greater than 5 or less than 10 if the "burst" phase is cleanly limited by the phosphoryl transfer step. If the "burst" phase is limited by a metal ion-dependent conformational change step, the measurement of the phosphoryl transfer step is obscured, and the participation of a base catalyst is indeterminate.
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PMID:Is there a catalytic base in the active site of cAMP-dependent protein kinase? 906 28

The crystal structure of the hexahistidine-tagged mouse recombinant catalytic subunit (H6-rC) of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAPK), complexed with a 20-residue peptide inhibitor from the heat-stable protein kinase inhibitor PKI(5-24) and adenosine, was determined at 2.2 A resolution. Novel crystallization conditions were required to grow the ternary complex crystals. The structure was refined to a final crystallographic R-factor of 18.2% with good stereochemical parameters. The "active" enzyme adopts a "closed" conformation as found in rC:PKI(5-24) [Knighton et al. (1991a,b) Science 253, 407-414, 414-420] and packs in a similar manner with the peptide providing a major contact surface. This structure clearly defines the subsites of the unique nucleotide binding site found in the protein kinase family. The adenosine occupies a mostly hydrophobic pocket at the base of the cleft between the two lobes and is completely buried. The missing triphosphate moiety of ATP is filled with a water molecule (Wtr 415) which replaces the gamma-phosphate of ATP. The glycine-rich loop between beta1 and beta2 helps to anchor the phosphates while the ribose ring is buried beneath beta-strand 2. Another ordered water molecule (Wtr 375) is pentacoordinated with polar atoms from adenosine, Leu 49 in beta-strand 1, Glu 127 in the linker strand between the two lobes, Tyr 330, and a third water molecule, Wtr 359. The conserved nucleotide fold can be defined as a lid comprised of beta-strand 1, the glycine-rich loop, and beta-strand 2. The adenine ring is buried beneath beta-strand 1 and the linker strand (120-127) that joins the small and large lobes. The C-terminal tail containing Tyr 330, a segment that lies outside the conserved core, covers this fold and anchors it in a closed conformation. The main-chain atoms of the flexible glycine-rich loop (residues 50-55) in the ATP binding domain have a mean B-factor of 41.4 A2. This loop is quite mobile, in striking contrast to the other conserved loops that converge at the active site cleft. The catalytic loop (residues 166-171) and the Mg2+ positioning loop (residues 184-186) are a stable part of the large lobe and have low B-factors in all structures solved to date. The stability of the glycine-rich loop is highly dependent on the ligands that occupy the active site cleft with maximum stability achieved in the ternary complex containing Mg x ATP and the peptide inhibitor. In this ternary complex the gamma-phosphate is secured between both lobes by hydrogen bonds to the backbone amide of Ser 53 in the glycine-rich loop and the amino group of Lys 168 in the catalytic loop. In the adenosine ternary complex the water molecule replacing the gamma-phosphate hydrogen bonds between Lys 168 and Asp 166 and makes no contact with the small lobe. This glycine-rich loop is thus the most mobile component of the active site cleft, with the tip of the loop being highly sensitive to what occupies the gamma-subsite.
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PMID:Crystal structure of a polyhistidine-tagged recombinant catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase complexed with the peptide inhibitor PKI(5-24) and adenosine. 910 51

Phosphofructokinase from mantle tissue of the sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis was phosphorylated in vitro by a protein kinase isolated from the same tissue, homologous to mammalian cAMP-dependent protein kinase; the maximal level of phosphorylation achieved was around 1 mol of Pi/mol of phosphofructokinase subunit. The covalent incorporation of phosphate leads to a notable increase in the enzyme activity assayed at near-physiological concentrations of substrates and allosteric modulators and neutral pH. Tryptic digestion of labeled phosphofructokinase released a phosphopeptide whose sequence was Lys-Asp-Ser(P)-Ile-Trp-Ile-Gln-Thr-Gly-Arg. This sequence showed high homology with the phosphopeptides from other invertebrates whose phosphofructokinase is also activated by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation.
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PMID:cAMP-dependent phosphorylation activates phosphofructokinase from mantle tissue of the mollusc Mytilus galloprovincialis. Identification of the phosphorylated site. 931 95

When the catalytic (rC) subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAPK) is expressed in Escherichia coli, it is autophosphorylated at four sites, Ser10, Ser139, Ser338 and Thr197 (49). Three of these sites, Ser10, Ser338 and Thr197, are also found in the mammalian enzyme. To understand the functional importance of these phosphorylation sites, each was replaced with Ala, Glu or Asp. The expression, solubility and phosphorylation state of each mutant protein was characterized by immunoprecipitation following in vivo labeling with 32Pi. When possible, isoforms were resolved and kinetic properties were measured. The two stable phosphorylation sites in the mammalian enzyme, Ser338 and Thr197, were shown to play different roles. Ser338, which stabilizes a turn near the C-terminus, is important for stability. Both rC(S338A) and rC(S338E) were very labile; however, the kinetic properties of rC(S338E) were similar to the wild-type catalytic subunit (C-subunit). Ser338 most likely helps to anchor the C-terminus to the surface of the small lobe. Thr197 is in the activation loop near the cleft interface. Mutagenesis of T197 caused a significant loss of catalytic activity with increases in Kms for both peptide and MgATP, as well as a small decrease in k(cat) indicating that this phosphate is important for the correct orientation of catalytic residues at the active site. Replacement of Ser139, positioned at the beginning of the E-helix, with Ala had no effect on the kinetic parameters, stability or phosphorylation at the remaining sites. In contrast, mutation of Ser10, located at the beginning of the A-helix, produced mostly insoluble, inactive, unphosphorylated protein, suggesting that this region, though far removed from the active site, is structurally important at least for the expression of soluble phosphoprotein in E.coli. Since the mutation of active site residues as well as deletion mutants generate underphosphorylated proteins, these phosphorylations in E.coli all result from autophosphorylation.
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PMID:Autophosphorylation of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in Escherichia coli. 941 41

Although phosphorylation of Thr-197 in the activation loop of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) is an essential step for its proper biological function, the kinase responsible for this reaction in vivo has remained elusive. Using nonphosphorylated recombinant catalytic subunit as a substrate, we have shown that the phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase, PDK1, expressed in 293 cells, phosphorylates and activates the catalytic subunit of PKA. The phosphorylation of PKA by PDK1 is rapid and is insensitive to PKI, the highly specific heat-stable protein kinase inhibitor. A mutant form of the catalytic subunit where Thr-197 was replaced with Asp was not a substrate for PDK1. In addition, phosphorylation of the catalytic subunit can be monitored immunochemically by using antibodies that recognize Thr-197 phosphorylated enzyme but not unphosphorylated enzyme or the Thr197Asp mutant. PDK1, or one of its homologs, is thus a likely candidate for the in vivo PKA kinase that phosphorylates Thr-197. This finding opens a new dimension in our thinking about this ubiquitous protein kinase and how it is regulated in the cell.
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PMID:Phosphorylation and activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase by phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase. 970 64


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