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Query: HUMANGGP:007536 (tyrosine hydroxylase)
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Rat pheochromocytoma contains a protein kinase activity which remains associated with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) during its purification. The incorporation of phosphate in TH is observed after incubation of TH with labelled ATP and magnesium without the need for an exogenous protein kinase. This Ca2+ and cAMP-independent kinase activity is different from previously described TH phosphorylating kinases from rat pheochromocytoma and other tissues.
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PMID:[Copurification of tyrosine hydroxylase from rat pheochromocytoma by protein kinase]. 287 47

As reported previously [Vulliet et al. (1985) FEBS Lett. 182 335-339], tyrosine hydroxylase purified from rat pheochromocytoma is phosphorylated at an identical site (site A) by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, the calmodulin-dependent multiprotein kinase and protein kinase C, while the calmodulin-dependent multiprotein kinase also phosphorylates another unique site (site C). Preparations of tyrosine hydroxylase purified from this source are also contaminated with traces of a fourth protein kinase which phosphorylates another unique site (site E). We have isolated tryptic peptides containing each of these sites and determined their amino acid sequences. By comparison of these data with the known cDNA sequence for rat tyrosine hydroxylase, we have been able to identify these sites as Ser-8 (site E), Ser-19 (site C), and Ser-40 (site A). In some preparations of tyrosine hydroxlyase, cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase also phosphorylated a secondary site which was identified as ser-153. All of these phosphorylation sites are in the amino-terminal region, where there is no significant homology with the closely related enzyme, phenylalanine hydroxylase. Our data also establish that the initiator methionine is removed by post-translational processing to leave pro-2 as the amino-terminus of the mature protein. The significance of these results for the mechanism of action of extracellular signals on catecholamine biosynthesis is discussed.
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PMID:Identification of four phosphorylation sites in the N-terminal region of tyrosine hydroxylase. 287 40

Mild electric footshock resulted in activation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in prefrontal cortex of mice and rats. In mice, the activation was also observed following restraint. Shock-evoked activation of prefrontal cortex TH was characterized by a decrease of apparent Km for the pterin cofactor 6-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin and an increase of Vmax. Activation of prefrontal cortical TH was also demonstrated in vitro following preincubation under conditions that activate cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Treatment of mice with the noradrenergic neurotoxin N-2-chloroethyl-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine (DSP-4) caused a 70% decrease in prefrontal cortex norepinephrine levels but had no significant effect on the activity of TH in that brain region. Footshock resulted in the activation of prefrontal cortex TH of DSP-4-treated mice, suggesting that shock-evoked activation of the enzyme occurs in terminals of mesocortical 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine neurons.
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PMID:Tyrosine hydroxylase activation in mesocortical 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine neurons following footshock. 287 94

Nerve growth factor (NGF) mediates the phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase in PC12 cells on two distinct peptide fragments, separable by two-dimensional tryptic phosphopeptide mapping (phosphopeptides T1 and T3). Phorbol diester derivatives capable of activating Ca+2/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (C-kinase) cause a specific phosphorylation of peptide T3 in a dose-dependent, saturable manner. Derivatives of the endogenous C-kinase activator diacylglycerol, also cause the phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase on peptide T3. The C-kinase inhibitors chlorpromazine and trifluoperazine inhibit the phorbol diester stimulated phosphorylation of site T3 in a dose-dependent manner. These agents inhibit the phosphorylation of T3 in response to NGF, but have no effect on NGF's ability to cause T1 phosphorylation. In a PC12 mutant deficient in cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity, NGF mediates the phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase on peptide T3 but not on T1. We conclude that NGF mediates the activation of both the cAMP-dependent protein kinase and the C-kinase to phosphorylate substrate proteins. These kinases can act independently to phosphorylate tyrosine hydroxylase, each at a different site, and each of which results in the enzyme activation. A molecular framework is thus provided for events underlying NGF action.
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PMID:Nerve growth factor action is mediated by cyclic AMP- and Ca+2/phospholipid-dependent protein kinases. 287 79

Incubation of rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells with the calcium ionophore, A23187 (10(-5) M), 56 mM K+, or dibutyryl cAMP (2 mM) is associated with increased activity and enhanced phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase in the cells. Both the activation and the increased phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase produced by A23187 and 56 mM K+ are dependent on the presence of extracellular calcium, whereas similar effects produced by dibutyryl cAMP are independent of calcium. The effects of 56 mM K+ plus dibutyryl cAMP or A23187 plus dibutyryl cAMP on the activation and phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase are additive. In contrast, the effects of 56 mM K+ plus A23187 on either the activation or the phosphorylation of the enzyme are not additive. Following stimulation of intact PC12 cells with 32Pi, in order to label ATP stores, and tryptic digestion of the phosphorylated enzyme, separation of the tryptic phosphopeptides by high pressure liquid chromatography yields four distinct 32P-peptide peaks. Incubation of the cells in the presence of either 56 mM K+ or A23187 is associated with increased 32Pi incorporation into three peptides whereas, in the presence of dibutyryl cAMP, increased 32Pi incorporation is observed in only one of these peptides. When tyrosine hydroxylase purified from rat pheochromocytoma tumor is incubated in vitro with [gamma-32P]ATP and either cAMP-dependent or calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase under appropriate conditions, increased phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase is observed. However, even though in vitro phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase is associated with activation of tyrosine hydroxylase, in vitro phosphorylation by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase does not lead to activation of the enzyme. Tryptic digestion of tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylated by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase yields three distinct 32P-peptide peaks, which are identical to those phosphorylated by treatment of intact PC12 cells with either high K+ or A23187. In contrast, cAMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylates only one peptide, which is identical to that phosphorylated by treatment of the intact cells with dibutyryl cAMP. These results indicate that tyrosine hydroxylase is activated and phosphorylated at multiple sites in PC12 cells exposed to 56 mM K+ or A23187. The results suggests that the in situ phosphorylation of these sites is catalyzed by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase; however, phosphorylation by this protein kinase is not sufficient to activate the enzyme.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase on at least three sites in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells treated with 56 mM K+: determination of the sites on tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylated by cyclic AMP-dependent and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases. 287 91

Tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis, is subject to regulation by a variety of agents. Previous workers have found that cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and calcium-stimulated protein kinases activate tyrosine hydroxylase. We wanted to determine whether cyclic GMP might also be involved in the regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity. We found that treatment of rat PC12 cells with sodium nitroprusside (an activator of guanylate cyclase), 8-bromocyclic GMP, forskolin (an activator of adenylate cyclase), and 8-bromocyclic AMP all produced an increase in tyrosine hydroxylase activity measured in vitro or an increased conversion of [14C]tyrosine to labeled catecholamine in situ. Sodium nitroprusside also increased the relative synthesis of cyclic GMP in these cells. In the presence of MgATP, both cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP increased tyrosine hydroxylase activity in PC12 cell extracts. The heat-stable cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor failed to attenuate the activation produced in the presence of cyclic GMP. It eliminated the activation produced in the presence of cyclic AMP. Sodium nitroprusside also increased tyrosine hydroxylase activity in vitro in rat corpus striatal synaptosomes and bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. In all cases, the cyclic AMP-dependent activation of tyrosine hydroxylase was greater than that of the cyclic GMP-dependent second messenger system. These results indicate that both cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP and their cognate protein kinases activate tyrosine hydroxylase activity in PC12 cells.
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PMID:Activation of tyrosine hydroxylase in PC12 cells by the cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP second messenger systems. 287 73

Tyrosine hydroxylase purified from rat pheochromocytoma was phosphorylated and activated by purified cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase as well as by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit. The extent of activation was correlated with the degree of phosphate incorporated into the enzyme. Comparable stoichiometric ratios (0.6 mol phosphate/mol tyrosine hydroxylase subunit) were obtained at maximal concentrations of either cyclic AMP-dependent or cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinases. The enzymes appeared to mediate the phosphorylation of the same residue based on the observation that incorporation was not increased when both enzymes were present. The major tryptic phosphopeptide obtained from tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylated by each protein kinase exhibited an identical retention time following HPLC. The purified phosphopeptides also exhibited identical isoelectric points. These data provide support for the notion that the protein kinases are phosphorylating the same residue of tyrosine hydroxylase.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase by cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase. 287 92

Incubation of rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells with 4 beta-phorbol-12 beta-myristate-13 alpha-acetate (PMA), an activator of Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C), or forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, is associated with increased activity and enhanced phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase. Neither the activation nor increased phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase produced by PMA is dependent on extracellular Ca2+. Both activation and phosphorylation of the enzyme by PMA are inhibited by pretreatment of the cells with trifluoperazine (TFP). Treatment of PC12 cells with 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol also leads to increases in the phosphorylation and enzymatic activity of tyrosine hydroxylase; 1,2-diolein and 1,3-diolein are ineffective. The effects of forskolin on the activation and phosphorylation of the enzyme are independent of Ca2+ and are not inhibited by TFP. Forskolin elicits an increase in cyclic AMP levels in PC12 cells. The increases in both cyclic AMP content and the enzymatic activity and phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase following exposure of PC12 cells to different concentrations of forskolin are closely correlated. In contrast, cyclic AMP levels do not increase in cells treated with PMA. Tryptic digestion of the phosphorylated enzyme isolated from untreated cells yields four phosphopeptides separable by HPLC. Incubation of the cells in the presence of the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin increases the phosphorylation of three of these tryptic peptides. However, in cells treated with either PMA or forskolin, there is an increase in the phosphorylation of only one of these peptides derived from tyrosine hydroxylase. The peptide phosphorylated in PMA-treated cells is different from that phosphorylated in forskolin-treated cells. The latter peptide is identical to the peptide phosphorylated in dibutyryl cyclic AMP-treated cells. These results indicate that tyrosine hydroxylase is activated and phosphorylated on different sites in PC12 cells exposed to PMA and forskolin and that phosphorylation of either of these sites is associated with activation of tyrosine hydroxylase. The results further suggest that cyclic AMP-dependent and Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinases may play a role in the regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase in PC12 cells.
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PMID:Tyrosine hydroxylase is activated and phosphorylated on different sites in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells treated with phorbol ester and forskolin. 288 80

In rat striatal synaptosomes, 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and 4 beta-phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu), two activators of Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) increased dopamine (DA) synthesis measured by following the release of 14CO2 from L-[1-14C] tyrosine. Maximal stimulation (21-28% increase of basal rate) was produced by 0.5 microM PMA and 1 microM PDBu. 4 beta-Phorbol and 4 beta-phorbol 13-acetate, which are not activators of protein kinase C, were ineffective at 1 microM. PMA did not change the release of 14CO2 from L-[1-14C]DOPA. Addition of 1 mM EGTA to a Ca2+-free incubation medium failed to affect PMA stimulation. KC1 (60 mM) enhanced DA synthesis by 25%. Exposure of synaptosomes to either PMA or PDBu prior to KC1 addition resulted in a more than additive increase (80-100%) of DA synthesis. A similar synergistic effect was observed when the phorbol diesters were combined with either veratridine or d-amphetamine but not with forskolin and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Pretreatment of striatal synaptosomes with phorbol diesters produced an activation on of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) associated with a 60% increase of the Vmax and a decrease of the Km for the pterine cofactor 6-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin. These results indicate that protein kinase C participates in the regulation of striatal TH in situ and that its activation may act synergistically with DA releasing agents in stimulating DA synthesis.
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PMID:Stimulation of dopamine synthesis and activation of tyrosine hydroxylase by phorbol diesters in rat striatum. 288 97

Tyrosine hydroxylase, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of catecholamines, was previously shown to be phosphorylated on four distinct serine residues in PC12 cell cultures, each one being specific for the kinase system involved (McTigue, M., Cremins, J., and Halegoua, S. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 9047-9056). A cAMP- and Ca2+-independent protein kinase was found to be associated with tyrosine hydroxylase purified from rat pheochromocytoma tumor. The use of this activity and the availability of a large amount of purified tyrosine hydroxylase allowed identification of the site phosphorylated by this kinase activity. A peptide of 1.5 kDa (about 12 residues long), carrying the phosphorylation site, was released from 32P-labeled tyrosine hydroxylase by limited proteolysis with trypsin. This peptide was isolated from trypsinized tyrosine hydroxylase by sequential gel filtration and ion exchange chromatographies. Analysis by thin layer chromatography of an acid hydrolysate of the peptide revealed that it contained phosphoserine. The sequence determination of the peptide showed that it corresponded to the residues 38-45 in the tyrosine hydroxylase primary structure (Arg-Gln-Ser(P)-Leu-Ile-Glu-Asp-Ala). Thus, the associated kinase phosphorylated Ser-40, one of the phosphorylation sites for the cAMP-dependent protein kinase also found in rat pheochromocytoma tumors. These results are compared to those recently appearing in a report by Campbell et al. (Campbell, D. G., Hardie, D. G., and Vulliet, P. R. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 10489-10492).
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PMID:Rat pheochromocytoma tyrosine hydroxylase is phosphorylated on serine 40 by an associated protein kinase. 288 82


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