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Protein phosphorylation plays central roles in a wide variety of signal transduction pathways and most phosphorylated proteins contain multi-phosphorylated sites. PPM1 type Ser/Thr protein phosphatase family is known to show rigid substrate specificity unlike other Ser/Thr phosphatase PPP family including PP1, PP2A and PP2B. PPM1 type phosphatases are reported to play important roles in growth regulation and in cellular stress signalling. In this study, we developed a phosphatase assay of PPM1D using phosphatase motif-specific antibody. PPM1D is a member of PPM1 type Ser/Thr phosphatase and known to dephosphorylate Ser(P)-Gln sequence. The gene amplification and overexpression of PPM1D were reported in many human cancers. We generated the monoclonal antibody specific for the Ser(P)-Gln sequence, named 3G9-H11. The specificity of this method using ELISA enables the convenient measurement of the dephosphorylation level of only PPM1D target residues of substrate peptides with multiple phosphorylated sites in the presence of multiple phosphatases. In addition, the antibody was applicable to immunoblotting assay for PPM1D function analysis. These results suggested that this method should be very useful for the PPM1D phosphatase assay, including high-throughput analysis and screening of specific inhibitors as anti-cancer drugs. The method using phosphatase motif-specific antibody can be applied to other PPM1 phosphatase family.  相似文献   

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The regulation of the multifunctional calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) by serine/threonine protein phosphatases has been extensively studied in neuronal cells; however, this regulation has not been investigated previously in fibroblasts. We cloned a cDNA from SV40-transformed human fibroblasts that shares 80% homology to a rat calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase phosphatase that encodes a PPM1F protein. By using extracts from transfected cells, PPM1F, but not a mutant (R326A) in the conserved catalytic domain, was found to dephosphorylate in vitro a peptide corresponding to the auto-inhibitory region of CaMKII. Further analyses demonstrated that PPM1F specifically dephosphorylates the phospho-Thr-286 in autophosphorylated CaMKII substrate and thus deactivates the CaMKII in vitro. Coimmunoprecipitation of CaMKII with PPM1F indicates that the two proteins can interact intracellularly. Binding of PPM1F to CaMKII involves multiple regions and is not dependent on intact phosphatase activity. Furthermore, overexpression of PPM1F in fibroblasts caused a reduction in the CaMKII-specific phosphorylation of the known substrate vimentin(Ser-82) following induction of the endogenous CaM kinase. These results identify PPM1F as a CaM kinase phosphatase within fibroblasts, although it may have additional functions intracellularly since it has been presented elsewhere as POPX2 and hFEM-2. We conclude that PPM1F, possibly together with the other previously described protein phosphatases PP1 and PP2A, can regulate the activity of CaMKII. Moreover, because PPM1F dephosphorylates the critical autophosphorylation site of CaMKII, we propose that this phosphatase plays a key role in the regulation of the kinase intracellularly.  相似文献   

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Protein phosphatase M family (PPM; Mg2+-dependent protein phosphatases), which specifically dephosphorylates serine/threonine residues, consists of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatases, SpoIIE, adenylate cyclase and protein phosphatase type 2Cs (PP2Cs). To identify Candida albicans PP2Cs, the archetype of the PPM Ser/Thr phosphatases, we thoroughly searched the public C. albicans genome database and identified seven PP2C members. One of the PP2Cs in C. albicans, designated as CaPTC8 gene, represents a new member of PP2C genes. Northern blot analysis showed that the expression of CaPTC8 was positively responsive to high osmolarity, temperature or serum-stimulated filamentous growth. Gene disruption further demonstrated that deletion of CaPTC8 gene caused the defect of hyphal formation. Sequence analysis revealed that two conserved amino acids His and Asn in the prototypical members of the PPM family were substituted by Val and Asp in the PTC8p-like proteins. In addition, posterior analysis for site-specific profile showed that seven more sites are under the selection of functional divergence between these two groups of proteins. Three-dimensional homology modeling illustrated the signatures of the two groups in the conserved catalytic region of the protein phosphatases. Hence, CaPTC8 plays a role in stress responses and is required for the yeast-hyphal transition, and the CaPTC8-related genes are evolutionarily conserved. The phylogenetic relationships of all members of the PPM family strongly support the existence of a distinct and new subfamily of the PP2C-related proteins, PP2CR.  相似文献   

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To analyze a variety of protein phosphatases, we developed phosphorylated TandeMBP (P-TandeMBP), in which two different mouse myelin basic protein isoforms were fused in tandem, as a protein phosphatase substrate. P-TandeMBP was prepared efficiently in four steps: (1) phosphorylation of TandeMBP by a protein kinase mixture (Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase Iδ, casein kinase 1δ, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2); (2) precipitation of both P-TandeMBP and protein kinases to remove ATP, Pi, and ADP; (3) acid extraction of P-TandeMBP with HCl to remove protein kinases; and (4) neutralization of the solution that contains P-TandeMBP with Tris. In combination with the malachite green assay, P-TandeMBP can be used to detect protein phosphatase activity without using radioactive materials. Moreover, P-TandeMBP served as an efficient substrate for PPM family phosphatases (PPM1A, PPM1B, PPM1D, PPM1F, PPM1G, PPM1H, PPM1K, and PPM1M) and PPP family phosphatase PP5. Various phosphatase activities were also detected with high sensitivity in gel filtration fractions from mouse brain using P-TandeMBP. These results indicate that P-TandeMBP might be a powerful tool for the detection of protein phosphatase activities.  相似文献   

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The important role of the serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in various cellular processes requires a precise and dynamic regulation of PP2A activity, localization, and substrate specificity. The regulation of the function of PP2A involves the reversible methylation of the COOH group of the C-terminal leucine of the catalytic subunit, which, in turn, controls the enzyme's heteromultimeric composition and confers different protein recognition and substrate specificity. We have determined the structure of PPM1, the yeast methyltransferase responsible for methylation of PP2A. The structure of PPM1 reveals a common S-adenosyl-l-methionine-dependent methyltransferase fold, with several insertions conferring the specific function and substrate recognition. The complexes with the S-adenosyl-l-methionine methyl donor and the S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine product and inhibitor unambiguously revealed the co-substrate binding site and provided a convincing hypothesis for the PP2A C-terminal peptide binding site. The structure of PPM1 in a second crystal form provides clues to the dynamic nature of the PPM1/PP2A interaction.  相似文献   

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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a major threonine/serine phosphatase that is involved in regulating a variety of cellular processes. It has been shown in both yeast and mammals that the PP2A catalytic subunit (PP2Ac) is methyl-esterified at the conserved C-terminal Leu residue. The recent characterization of a mammalian PP2A carboxyl methyltransferase has led to the identification of two ORFs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as potential orthologues of the mammalian PP2A methyltransferase: protein phosphatase methyltransferase 1 (PPM1) and protein phosphatase methyltransferase 2 (PPM2). To experimentally identify the PP2A methyltransferase in yeast, we obtained deletion mutants of PPM1 and PPM2 and then constructed double mutants. Using in vivo-labeling techniques, we demonstrate that only the PPM1 gene is required for PP2Ac methylation at the C-terminus. Because yeast has at least three homologues of PP2Ac (PPH21, PPH22, and PPH3), we then asked whether all of these catalytic subunits are methylated by the PPM1 and/or PPM2 putative methyltransferases. We modified the segment corresponding to the N-terminal coding region of all three PP2Ac genomic genes with a hemagglutinin (HA) tag in the parent, ppm1, ppm2, and ppm1ppm2 mutant genetic backgrounds. Using immuoprecipitation with anti-HA antibodies followed by methyl ester analysis, we showed that only in the ppm1 mutant were both Pph21p and Pph22p not methylated. We did not detect any methylesterification of Pph3p under our conditions. Our results indicate that PPM1 is the sole methyltransferase responsible for methylating the two major homologues of PP2Ac in yeast. The function of the PPM2 gene product remains unclear.  相似文献   

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3′ Cleavage and polyadenylation are obligatory steps in the biogenesis of most mammalian pre-mRNAs. In vitro reconstitution of the 3′ cleavage reaction from human cleavage factors requires high concentrations of creatine phosphate (CP), though how CP activates cleavage is not known. Previously, we proposed that CP might work by competitively inhibiting a cleavage-suppressing serine/threonine (S/T) phosphatase. Here we show that fluoride/EDTA, a general S/T phosphatase inhibitor, activates in vitro cleavage in place of CP. Subsequent testing of inhibitors specific for different S/T phosphatases showed that inhibitors of the PPM family of S/T phosphatases, which includes PP2C, but not the PPP family, which includes PP1, PP2A, and PP2B, activated 3′ cleavage in vitro. In particular, NCI 83633, an inhibitor of PP2C, activated extensive 3′ cleavage at a concentration 50-fold below that required by fluoride or CP. The testing of structural analogs led to the identification of a more potent compound that activated 3′ cleavage at 200 μM. While testing CP analogs to understand the origin of its cleavage activation effect, we found phosphocholine to be a more effective activator than CP. The minimal structural determinants of 3′ cleavage activation by phosphocholine were identified. Our results describe a much improved small molecule activator of in vitro pre-mRNA cleavage, identify the molecular determinants of cleavage activation by phosphoamines such as phosphocholine, and suggest that a PPM family phosphatase is involved in the negative regulation of mammalian pre-mRNA 3′ cleavage.  相似文献   

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PPM1A functions as a Smad phosphatase to terminate TGFbeta signaling   总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8  
Lin X  Duan X  Liang YY  Su Y  Wrighton KH  Long J  Hu M  Davis CM  Wang J  Brunicardi FC  Shi Y  Chen YG  Meng A  Feng XH 《Cell》2006,125(5):915-928
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We cloned the yloO gene and purified a His-tagged form of its product, the putative protein phosphatase YloO, which we now designate PrpC. This closely resembles the human protein phosphatase PP2C, a member of the PPM family, in sequence and predicted secondary structure. PrpC has phosphatase activity in vitro against a synthetic substrate, p-nitrophenol phosphate, and endogenous Bacillus subtilis proteins. The prkC and prpC genes are adjacent on the chromosome, and the phosphorylated form of PrkC is a substrate for PrpC. These findings suggest that PrkC and PrpC may function as a couple in vivo.  相似文献   

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Striatal dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) relies upon G protein- and β-arrestin-dependent signaling pathways to convey its action on motor control and behavior. Considering that D2R activation inhibits Akt in the striatum and that huntingtin physiological functions are affected by Akt phosphorylation, we sought to investigate whether D2R-mediated signaling could regulate huntingtin phosphorylation. We demonstrate that D2R activation decreases huntingtin phosphorylation on its Akt site. This dephosphorylation event depends upon the Gαi-dependent engagement of specific members of the protein phosphatase metallo-dependent (PPM/PP2C) family and is independent of β-arrestin 2. These observations identify the PPM/PP2C family as a mediator of G protein-coupled receptor signaling and thereby suggest a novel mechanism of dopaminergic signaling.  相似文献   

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Protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) family is characterized by requirement of metal cation for phosphatase activity. We previously established that PPM1H is a cancer-associated member of the PP2C family. Here we further characterized the phosphatase activity of PPM1H, focusing on its dependence on metal cation. PPM1H possesses the potential to dephosphorylate p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP), casein and phosphopeptides. Interestingly, PPM1H shows the metal preference that is varied depending on the substrate (substrate-dependent metal preference); PPM1H prefers Mn2+ when pNPP or phosphopeptides is used as a substrate. Meanwhile, a preference for Mg2+ is displayed by PPM1H with casein as a substrate. When both cations are added to the reaction, the degree of the effect is always closer to that with Mn2+ alone, irrespective of the substrate. This preponderance of Mn2+ is explained by its greater affinity for PPM1H than Mg2+. From the literature the substrate-dependent metal preference appears to be shared by other PP2Cs. According to the crystal structure, a binuclear metal center of PP2C plays an important role for coordinating the substrate and nucleophilic waters in the active site. Therefore, the differences in the size, preferred geometry and coordination requirements between two metals, in relation to the substrate, may be responsible for this intriguing property.  相似文献   

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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a large family of holoenzymes that comprises 1% of total cellular proteins and accounts for the majority of Ser/Thr phosphatase activity in eukaryotic cells. Although initially viewed as constitutive housekeeping enzymes, it is now well established that PP2A proteins represent a family of highly and sophistically regulated phosphatases. The past decade, multiple complementary studies have improved our knowledge about structural and functional regulation of PP2A holoenzymes. In this regard, after summarizing major cellular regulation, this review will mainly focus on discussing a particulate biological strategy, used by various viruses, which is based on the targeting of PP2A enzymes by viral proteins in order to specifically deregulate, for their own benefit, cellular pathways of their hosts. The impact of such PP2A targeting for research in human diseases, and in further therapeutic developments, is also discussed.  相似文献   

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Inhibition of the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) family of serine-threonine phosphatases contributes to human cell transformation. Depletion of PP2A complexes containing the PP2A B56γ regulatory subunit in immortalized human cells induces cell transformation in vitro. To examine the function of PP2A B56γ complexes, we applied tandem affinity purification and mass spectrometry to detect proteins that bind to PP2A B56γ. We identified liprin α1 as a novel PP2A B56γ interacting protein. B56γ-liprin α1 complexes are distinct from PP2A complexes containing B56γ. Consistent with this finding, liprin α1 does not directly contribute to cell transformation. However, suppression of liprin α1 by RNA interference alters cell morphology. These findings suggest a novel role for PP2A B56γ independent of its regulation of PP2A activity.  相似文献   

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LRRK2 serine/threonine kinase is associated with inherited Parkinson’s disease. LRRK2 phosphorylates a subset of Rab GTPases within their switch 2 motif to control their interactions with effectors. Recent work has shown that the metal‐dependent protein phosphatase PPM1H counteracts LRRK2 by dephosphorylating Rabs. PPM1H is highly selective for LRRK2 phosphorylated Rabs, and closely related PPM1J exhibits no activity towards substrates such as Rab8a phosphorylated at Thr72 (pThr72). Here, we have identified the molecular determinant of PPM1H specificity for Rabs. The crystal structure of PPM1H reveals a structurally conserved phosphatase fold that strikingly has evolved a 110‐residue flap domain adjacent to the active site. The flap domain distantly resembles tudor domains that interact with histones in the context of epigenetics. Cellular assays, crosslinking and 3‐D modelling suggest that the flap domain encodes the docking motif for phosphorylated Rabs. Consistent with this hypothesis, a PPM1J chimaera with the PPM1H flap domain dephosphorylates pThr72 of Rab8a both in vitro and in cellular assays. Therefore, PPM1H has acquired a Rab‐specific interaction domain within a conserved phosphatase fold.  相似文献   

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