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Phosphorylation of protein phosphatase 2Czeta by c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase at Ser92 attenuates its phosphatase activity
Authors:Awano Kenjiro  Amano Kazutaka  Nagaura Yuko  Kanno Shin-ichiro  Echigo Seishi  Tamura Shinri  Kobayashi Takayasu
Institution:Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
Abstract:The protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) family represents one of the four major protein Ser/Thr phosphatase activities in mammalian cells and contains at least 13 distinct gene products. Although PP2C family members regulate a variety of cellular functions, mechanisms of regulation of their activities are largely unknown. Here, we show that PP2Czeta, a PP2C family member that is enriched in testicular germ cells, is phosphorylated by c-Jun NH 2-terminal kinase (JNK) but not by p38 in vitro. Mass spectrometry and mutational analyses demonstrated that phosphorylation occurs at Ser (92), Thr (202), and Thr (205) of PP2Czeta. Phosphorylation of these Ser and Thr residues of PP2Czeta ectopically expressed in 293 cells was enhanced by osmotic stress and was attenuated by a JNK inhibitor but not by p38 or MEK inhibitors. Phosphorylation of PP2Czeta by TAK1-activated JNK repressed its phosphatase activity in cells, and alanine mutation at Ser (92) but not at Thr (202) or Thr (205) suppressed this inhibition. Taken together, these results suggest that specific phosphorylation of PP2Czeta at Ser (92) by stress-activated JNK attenuates its phosphatase activity in cells.
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