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cAMP-dependent protein kinases are reversibly complexed with any of the four isoforms of regulatory (R) subunits, which contain either a substrate or a pseudosubstrate autoinhibitory domain. The human protein kinase X (PrKX) is an exemption as it is inhibited only by pseudosubstrate inhibitors, i.e. RIα or RIβ but not by substrate inhibitors RIIα or RIIβ. Detailed examination of the capacity of five PrKX-like kinases ranging from human to protozoa (Trypanosoma brucei) to form holoenzymes with human R subunits in living cells shows that this preference for pseudosubstrate inhibitors is evolutionarily conserved. To elucidate the molecular basis of this inhibitory pattern, we applied bioluminescence resonance energy transfer and surface plasmon resonance in combination with site-directed mutagenesis. We observed that the conserved αH-αI loop residue Arg-283 in PrKX is crucial for its RI over RII preference, as a R283L mutant was able to form a holoenzyme complex with wild type RII subunits. Changing the corresponding αH-αI loop residue in PKA Cα (L277R), significantly destabilized holoenzyme complexes in vitro, as cAMP-mediated holoenzyme activation was facilitated by a factor of 2-4, and lead to a decreased affinity of the mutant C subunit for R subunits, significantly affecting RII containing holoenzymes.

Original publication

DOI

10.1074/jbc.M110.155150

Type

Journal article

Journal

J Biol Chem

Publication Date

12/11/2010

Volume

285

Pages

35910 - 35918

Keywords

Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, COS Cells, Catalytic Domain, Cercopithecus aethiops, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIIbeta Subunit, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, Drosophila Proteins, Drosophila melanogaster, Humans, Kinetics, Mice, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Protein Binding, Protozoan Proteins, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Trypanosoma brucei brucei