Thomis D C, Samuel C E
Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106, USA.
J Virol. 1995 Aug;69(8):5195-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.69.8.5195-5198.1995.
The interferon-inducible, RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) is activated by autophosphorylation, a process mediated by double-stranded RNA. A catalytically deficient, histidine-tagged mutant PKR protein [His-PKR(K296R)] was used as the substrate for characterization of the intermolecular phosphorylation catalyzed by purified wild-type PKR [PKR(Wt)]. The intermolecular autophosphorylation of His-PKR(K296R) by PKR(Wt) was RNA dependent. Excess His-PKR(K296R) substrate inhibited both the auto- and the trans-phosphorylation activities of PKR(Wt). Inhibition of PKR(Wt) by His-PKR(K296R) was relieved by higher concentrations of activator double-stranded RNA. Phosphopeptide analysis revealed that the sites of intermolecular autophosphorylation in His-PKR(K296R) were very similar, if not identical, to the sites that were autophosphorylated in PKR(Wt) and suggest a multiple of four major phosphorylation sites per PKR molecule.
干扰素诱导的RNA依赖性蛋白激酶(PKR)通过自身磷酸化被激活,这一过程由双链RNA介导。一种催化缺陷的、带有组氨酸标签的突变型PKR蛋白[His-PKR(K296R)]被用作底物,以表征纯化的野生型PKR[PKR(Wt)]催化的分子间磷酸化。PKR(Wt)对His-PKR(K296R)的分子间自身磷酸化是RNA依赖性的。过量的His-PKR(K296R)底物抑制了PKR(Wt)的自身磷酸化和转磷酸化活性。更高浓度的激活剂双链RNA可解除His-PKR(K296R)对PKR(Wt)的抑制。磷酸肽分析表明,His-PKR(K296R)分子间自身磷酸化的位点与PKR(Wt)自身磷酸化的位点非常相似(如果不是完全相同的话),这表明每个PKR分子有多个四个主要磷酸化位点。