New L, Jiang Y, Zhao M, Liu K, Zhu W, Flood L J, Kato Y, Parry G C, Han J
Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
EMBO J. 1998 Jun 15;17(12):3372-84. doi: 10.1093/emboj/17.12.3372.
We have identified and cloned a novel serine/ threonine kinase, p38-regulated/activated protein kinase (PRAK). PRAK is a 471 amino acid protein with 20-30% sequence identity to the known MAP kinase-regulated protein kinases RSK1/2/3, MNK1/2 and MAPKAP-K2/3. PRAK was found to be expressed in all human tissues and cell lines examined. In HeLa cells, PRAK was activated in response to cellular stress and proinflammatory cytokines. PRAK activity was regulated by p38alpha and p38beta both in vitro and in vivo and Thr182 was shown to be the regulatory phosphorylation site. Activated PRAK in turn phosphorylated small heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) at the physiologically relevant sites. An in-gel kinase assay demonstrated that PRAK is a major stress-activated kinase that can phosphorylate small heat shock protein, suggesting a potential role for PRAK in mediating stress-induced HSP27 phosphorylation in vivo.
我们已经鉴定并克隆了一种新型丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶,即p38调节/激活蛋白激酶(PRAK)。PRAK是一种由471个氨基酸组成的蛋白质,与已知的丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(MAP激酶)调节的蛋白激酶RSK1/2/3、MNK1/2和MAPKAP-K2/3具有20%-30%的序列同一性。研究发现PRAK在所检测的所有人类组织和细胞系中均有表达。在HeLa细胞中,PRAK会响应细胞应激和促炎细胞因子而被激活。在体外和体内,PRAK的活性均受p38α和p38β调节,并且Thr182被证明是调节性磷酸化位点。激活的PRAK继而在生理相关位点磷酸化小热休克蛋白27(HSP27)。凝胶内激酶分析表明,PRAK是一种主要的应激激活激酶,能够磷酸化小热休克蛋白,这表明PRAK在体内介导应激诱导的HSP27磷酸化过程中可能发挥作用。