Liu J, Wu J, Oliver C, Shenolikar S, Brautigan D L
Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Box 577, West Complex MSB 7196, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Biochem J. 2000 Feb 15;346 Pt 1(Pt 1):77-82.
Cellular functions of protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) are determined by regulatory subunits that contain the consensus PP1-binding motif, RVXF. This motif was first identified as the site of phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) in a skeletal muscle glycogen-targeting subunit (G(M)). We reported previously that a recombinant fusion protein of glutathione S-transferase (GST) and the N-terminal domain of G(M) [GST-G(M)-(1-240)] bound PP1 in a pull down assay, and phosphorylation by PKA prevented PP1 binding. Here we report that substitution of either Ala or Val for Ser-67 in the RVS(67)F motif in GST-G(M)-(1-240) essentially eliminated PP1 binding. This was unexpected because other glycogen-targeting subunits have a Val residue at the position corresponding to Ser-67. In contrast, a mutation of Ser-67 to Thr (S67T) in GST-G(M)(1-240) gave a protein that bound PP1 the same as wild type and was unaffected by PKA phosphorylation. Full length G(M) tagged with the epitope sequence DYKDDDDK (FLAG) expressed in COS7 cells bound PP1 that was recovered by co-immunoprecipitation, but this association was prevented by treatment of the cells with forskolin. By comparison, PP1 binding with FLAG-G(M)(S67T) was not disrupted by forskolin treatment. Neither FLAG-G(M)(S67A) nor FLAG-G(M)(S67V) formed stable complexes with PP1 in COS7 cells. These results emphasise the unique contribution of Ser-67 in PP1 binding to G(M). The constitutive PP1-binding activity shown by G(M)(S67T) opens the way for studying the role of G(M) multisite phosphorylation in hormonal control of glycogen metabolism.
蛋白磷酸酶-1(PP1)的细胞功能由含有共有PP1结合基序RVXF的调节亚基决定。该基序最初被鉴定为环磷酸腺苷依赖性蛋白激酶(PKA)在骨骼肌糖原靶向亚基(G(M))中的磷酸化位点。我们之前报道,在下拉实验中,谷胱甘肽S-转移酶(GST)与G(M)的N端结构域的重组融合蛋白[GST-G(M)-(1-240)]能结合PP1,而PKA磷酸化会阻止PP1结合。在此我们报道,在GST-G(M)-(1-240)的RVS(67)F基序中,将Ser-67替换为Ala或Val基本消除了PP1结合。这出乎意料,因为其他糖原靶向亚基在与Ser-67对应的位置有一个Val残基。相反,在GST-G(M)(1-240)中将Ser-67突变为Thr(S67T)得到的蛋白与野生型一样能结合PP且不受PKA磷酸化影响。在COS7细胞中表达的用表位序列DYKDDDDK(FLAG)标记的全长G(M)结合的PP1可通过共免疫沉淀回收,但用福斯高林处理细胞会阻止这种结合。相比之下,用福斯高林处理不会破坏PP1与FLAG-G(M)(S67T)的结合。在COS7细胞中,FLAG-G(M)(S67A)和FLAG-G(M)(S67V)都不与PP1形成稳定复合物。这些结果强调了Ser-67在PP1与G(M)结合中的独特作用。G(M)(S67T)显示的组成型PP1结合活性为研究G(M)多位点磷酸化在糖原代谢激素控制中的作用开辟了道路。