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Bautista-Santos A, Zinker S. The P1/P2 protein heterodimers assemble to the ribosomal stalk at the moment when the ribosome is committed to translation but not to the native 60S ribosomal subunit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry 2014; 53:4105-12. [PMID: 24922111 DOI: 10.1021/bi500341w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The four structural acidic ribosomal proteins that dissociate from P1A/P2B and P1B/P2A heterodimers of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were searched in the 60S ribosomal subunit, the 80S monosome, and the polysomal fractions after ribosome profile centrifugation in sucrose gradients in TMN buffer, and after dissociation of monosomes and polysomes to small and large ribosomal subunits in LMS buffer. Analysis by isoelectric focusing, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and Western blotting of these fractions or the purified acidic protein samples showed eight bands that correspond to the acidic ribosomal proteins in the 60S dissociated subunits of the 80S monosome and polysomes. After samples had been radiolabeled with (32)P, four bands were shown to correspond to the phosphorylated form of the acidic ribosomal proteins located in the 80S monosome and the polysomes. Surprisingly, native 60S subunits have no acidic ribosomal proteins. Altogether, these findings indicate that P1/P2 heterodimers bind to P0 when both ribosomal subunits are joined and committed to translation, and they detached from the stalk, just after the small and large ribosomal subunits were separated from the mRNA. Evidence that the phosphorylated and unphosphorylated P1 and P2 acidic ribosomal proteins are part of the functional stalk is also presented.
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- A Bautista-Santos
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional , México D.F. 07360, México
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Miersch J, Kullertz C, Henning H. Protein Phosphorylation in Polysomes of Pumpkin Cotyledons after Coumarin Treatment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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On the intracellular trafficking of mouse S5 ribosomal protein from cytoplasm to nucleoli. J Mol Biol 2009; 392:1192-204. [PMID: 19631221 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2009] [Revised: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 07/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The non-ribosomal functions of mammalian ribosomal proteins have recently attracted worldwide attention. The mouse ribosomal protein S5 (rpS5) derived from ribosomal material is an assembled non-phosphorylated protein. The free form of rpS5 protein, however, undergoes phosphorylation. In this study, we have (a) investigated the potential role of phosphorylation in rpS5 protein transport into the nucleus and then into nucleoli and (b) determined which of the domains of rpS5 are involved in this intracellular trafficking. In vitro PCR mutagenesis of mouse rpS5 cDNA, complemented by subsequent cloning and expression of rpS5 truncated recombinant forms, produced in fusion with green fluorescent protein, permitted the investigation of rpS5 intracellular trafficking in HeLa cells using confocal microscopy complemented by Western blot analysis. Our results indicate the following: (a) rpS5 protein enters the nucleus via the region 38-50 aa that forms a random coil as revealed by molecular dynamic simulation. (b) Immunoprecipitation of rpS5 with casein kinase II and immobilized metal affinity chromatography analysis complemented by in vitro kinase assay revealed that phosphorylation of rpS5 seems to be indispensable for its transport from nucleus to nucleoli; upon entering the nucleus, Thr-133 phosphorylation triggers Ser-24 phosphorylation by casein kinase II, thus promoting entrance of rpS5 into the nucleoli. Another important role of rpS5 N-terminal region is proposed to be the regulation of protein's cellular level. The repetitively co-appearance of a satellite C-terminal band below the entire rpS5 at the late stationary phase, and not at the early logarithmic phase, of cell growth suggests a specific degradation balancing probably the unassembled ribosomal protein molecules with those that are efficiently assembled to ribosomal subunits. Overall, these data provide new insights on the structural and functional domains within the rpS5 molecule that contribute to its cellular functions.
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Abramczyk D, Tchórzewski M, Grankowski N. Non-AUG translation initiation of mRNA encoding acidic ribosomal P2A protein in Candida albicans. Yeast 2003; 20:1045-52. [PMID: 12961752 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic 60S ribosomal subunit has a set of very acidic proteins (P-proteins), which form a distinct lateral protuberance called the stalk structure. This protein complex is directly involved in the elongation step of polypeptide synthesis. In our study on acidic ribosomal P-proteins from the human opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans, we isolated and characterized one of the genes, called CARP2A, and its product, the P2A protein. The CARP2A gene is intron-less, present in a single copy per haploid genome, and transcriptionally active. The open reading frame of the studied gene contains information for a sequence of 108 amino acids. Based on this, the molecular mass and isoelectric point of the P2A protein were theoretically calculated to be 10.85 kDa and 3.7, respectively. The characteristic feature of the CARP2A gene transcript is the presence of a GUG start codon, which is rare in eukaryotic organisms and not previously reported in yeast. To our knowledge this is the first report showing the presence of a naturally occurring non-AUG start codon on mRNA in yeast species.
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- Dariusz Abramczyk
- Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Biology, Akademicka Street 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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Abramczyk O, Zień P, Zieliński R, Pilecki M, Hellman U, Szyszka R. The protein kinase 60S is a free catalytic CK2alpha' subunit and forms an inactive complex with superoxide dismutase SOD1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 307:31-40. [PMID: 12849977 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)01126-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The 60S ribosomes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae contain a set of acidic P-proteins playing an important role in the ribosome function. Reversible phosphorylation of those proteins is a mechanism regulating translational activity of ribosomes. The key role in regulation of this process is played by specific, second messenger-independent protein kinases. The PK60S kinase was one of the enzymes phosphorylating P-proteins. The enzyme has been purified from yeast and characterised. Pure enzyme has properties similar to those reported for casein kinase type 2. Peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) has identified the PK60S as a catalytic alpha(') subunit of casein kinase type 2 (CK2alpha(')). Protein kinase activity is inhibited by SOD1 and by highly specific CK2 inhibitor-4,5,6,7-tetrabromo-benzotriazole (TBBt). The possible mechanism of regulation of CK2alpha(') activity in stress conditions, by superoxide dismutase in regulation of 80S-ribosome activity, is discussed.
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- Olga Abramczyk
- Department of Molecular Biology, Environmental Protection Institute, Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Kraśnicka 102, PL-20-718, Lublin, Poland
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Zień P, Bretner M, Zastapiło K, Szyszka R, Shugar D. Selectivity of 4,5,6,7-tetrabromobenzimidazole as an ATP-competitive potent inhibitor of protein kinase CK2 from various sources. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 306:129-33. [PMID: 12788077 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00928-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Like the previously reported 4,5,6,7-tetrabromobenzotriazole (TBBt), the structurally related 4,5,6,7-tetrabromobenzimidazole (TBBz) is a selective ATP-competitive inhibitor of protein kinase CK2 from such divergent sources as yeast, rat liver, Neurospora crassa and Candida tropicalis, with K(i) values in the range 0.5-1 microM. It is virtually inactive vs. PKA, PKC, and a very weak inhibitor of protein kinase CK1. The corresponding tetrachlorobenzimidazole (TCBz) is a much weaker inhibitor of CK2, like tetrachlorobenzotriazole (TCBt) relative to TBBt. Bearing in mind the similarity of the van der Waals radii of Br (1.95 A) and CH(3) (2.0 A), the corresponding much less hydrophobic 4,5,6,7-tetramethylbenzotriazole (TMeBt) was prepared and found to be a very weak inhibitor of CK2, as well as of CK1. An unexpected, and significant, difference between TBBt and TBBz are their inhibitory activities vs. the yeast protein kinase PK60S, which phosphorylates, both in vitro and in intact yeast cells, three of the five pp13 kDa ribosomal surface acidic proteins in yeast cells. TBBt was previously noted to be a more effective inhibitor of PK60S than of yeast CK2; by contrast, TBBz is a relatively feeble inhibitor of PK60S, hence more selective than TBBt vs. CK2 in yeast cells. TMeBt was virtually inactive vs PK60S. Like TBBt, TBBz is an additional lead compound for development of more potent inhibitors of CK2.
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- Piotr Zień
- Department of Molecular Biology, Environmental Protection Institute, Catholic University of Lublin, Kraśnicka Av.102, 20-718, Lublin, Poland
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Freeman JLR, Gonzalo P, Pitcher JA, Claing A, Lavergne JP, Reboud JP, Lefkowitz RJ. Beta 2-adrenergic receptor stimulated, G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 mediated, phosphorylation of ribosomal protein P2. Biochemistry 2002; 41:12850-7. [PMID: 12379128 DOI: 10.1021/bi020145d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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G protein-coupled receptor kinases are well characterized for their ability to phosphorylate and desensitize G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). In addition to phosphorylating the beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) and other receptors, G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) can also phosphorylate tubulin, a nonreceptor substrate. To identify novel nonreceptor substrates of GRK2, we used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to find cellular proteins that were phosphorylated upon agonist-stimulation of the beta2AR in a GRK2-dependent manner. The ribosomal protein P2 was identified as an endogenous HEK-293 cell protein whose phosphorylation was increased following agonist stimulation of the beta2AR under conditions where tyrosine kinases, PKC and PKA, were inhibited. P2 along with its other family members, P0 and P1, constitutes a part of the elongation factor-binding site connected to the GTPase center in the 60S ribosomal subunit. Phosphorylation of P2 is known to regulate protein synthesis in vitro. Further, P2 and P1 are shown to be good in vitro substrates for GRK2 with K(M) values approximating 1 microM. The phosphorylation sites in GRK2-phosphorylated P2 are identified (S102 and S105) and are identical to the sites known to regulate P2 activity. When the 60S subunit deprived of endogenous P1 and P2 is reconstituted with GRK2-phosphorylated P2 and unphosphorylated P1, translational activity is greatly enhanced. These findings suggest a previously unrecognized relationship between GPCR activation and the translational control of gene expression mediated by GRK2 activation and P2 phosphorylation and represent a potential novel signaling pathway responsible for P2 phosphorylation in mammals.
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- Jennifer L R Freeman
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Zieliński R, Pilecki M, Kubiński K, Zień P, Hellman U, Szyszka R. Inhibition of yeast ribosomal stalk phosphorylation by Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 296:1310-6. [PMID: 12207917 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reversible phosphorylation of acidic ribosomal proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an important mechanism, regulating the number of active ribosomes. The key role in regulation of this process is played by specific, second messenger-independent protein kinases. A new protein-inhibitor regulating activity of PK60S kinase has been purified from yeast extracts and characterised. Peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) and amino-acid sequence analysis by Post Source Decay (PSD) have identified the inhibitor as a Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD). Inhibition by SOD is competitive with respect to protein substrates-P proteins and 80S ribosome-with K(i) values of 3.7 microM for P2A protein and 0.6 microM for 80S ribosomes. A close correlation was found between the state of phosphorylation of P proteins in diauxic shift and logarithmic growth yeast cells and activity of SOD. The possible mechanism of regulation of PK60S activity, and participation of SOD protein in regulation of 80S-ribosome activity in stress conditions, is discussed.
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- Rafalz Zieliński
- Department of Molecular Biology, Environmental Protection Institute, Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Kraśnicka 102, 20-718, Lublin, Poland
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Szick-Miranda K, Bailey-Serres J. Regulated heterogeneity in 12-kDa P-protein phosphorylation and composition of ribosomes in maize (Zea mays L.). J Biol Chem 2001; 276:10921-8. [PMID: 11278810 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m011002200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Maize (Zea mays L.) possesses four distinct approximately 12-kDa P-proteins (P1, P2a, P2b, P3) that form the tip of a lateral stalk on the 60 S ribosomal subunit. RNA blot analyses suggested that the expression of these proteins was developmentally regulated. Western blot analysis of ribosomal proteins isolated from various organs, kernel tissues during seed development, and root tips deprived of oxygen (anoxia) revealed significant heterogeneity in the levels of these proteins. P1 and P3 were detected in ribosomes of all samples at similar levels relative to ribosomal protein S6, whereas P2a and P2b levels showed considerable developmental regulation. Both forms of P2 were present in ribosomes of some organs, whereas only one form was detected in other organs. Considerable tissue-specific variation was observed in levels of monomeric and multimeric forms of P2a. P2b was not detected in root tips, accumulated late in seed embryo and endosperm development, and was detected in soluble ribosomes but not in membrane-associated ribosomes that copurified with zein protein bodies of the kernel endosperm. The phosphorylation of the 12-kDa P-proteins was also developmentally and environmentally regulated. The potential role of P2 heterogeneity in P-protein composition in the regulation of translation is discussed.
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- K Szick-Miranda
- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0124
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A protein phosphatase dephosphorylating acidic ribosomal proteins was purified from Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosome-free extract. It was shown that phosphoproteins from both P1 and P2 subfamilies as well as 60S "core" P0 protein were substrates for the enzyme. The phosphatase can dephosphorylate ribosomes as well as histones and casein but the two last substrates with significantly lower efficiency. It was found that the enzyme activity is Mn(2+)-dependent and inhibited by okadaic acid, tautomycin, cantharidin and nodularin at concentrations typical for protein phosphatase type 2A. The possible implications of those findings in the control of ribosome phosphorylation and therefore in the control of translation is discussed.
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- M Pilecki
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
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Tchórzewski M, Boguszewska A, Dukowski P, Grankowski N. Oligomerization properties of the acidic ribosomal P-proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae: effect of P1A protein phosphorylation on the formation of the P1A-P2B hetero-complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1499:63-73. [PMID: 11118639 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(00)00108-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Acidic ribosomal P-proteins form, in all eukaryotic cells, a lateral protuberance, the so-called 'stalk', which is directly involved in translational activity of the ribosomes. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells, there are four distinct P-proteins: P1A, P1B, P2A and P2B. In spite of the high level of their structural homology, they are not completely equivalent and may perform different functions. As yet, the protein-protein interactions between yeast P-proteins have not been fully defined. In this paper, the interplay between yeast P-proteins has been investigated by means of a two-hybrid system, chemical cross-linking and gel filtration. The data presented herein show that all P-proteins are able to form homo-oligomeric complexes. By analyzing hetero-interactions, we were able to detect strong interactions between P1A and P2B proteins. Additionally, the pair of P1B and P2A proteins is also able to form a hetero-complex, though at a very low efficiency. All P-proteins are phosphorylated by numerous protein kinases. Using the multifunctional protein kinase CK II, we have shown that incorporation of phosphate into P1A protein can exert its effect on the hetero-oligomerization process, namely by preventing the formation of the hetero-oligomer P1A-P/P2B. These findings are the first to show differences in the oligomerization behavior of the yeast P-proteins; moreover, they emphasize a significant impact of the phosphorylation on the formations of P-protein complex.
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- M Tchórzewski
- Maria Curie-Sklłodowska University, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Biology, Akademicka Street 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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Bou G, Remacha M, Ballesta JP. Ribosomal stalk protein phosphorylating activities in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 375:83-9. [PMID: 10683252 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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With ribosomal P protein as a substrate, five peaks of protein kinase activity are eluted after chromatography of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cellular extract on DEAE-cellulose. Two of them correspond to CK-II and the other three have been called RAP-1, RAP-II, and RAP-III. RAP-I was previously characterized. RAP-III is present in a very small amount, which hindered its purification. RAP-II was further purified on phosphocellulose, heparin-Sepharose, and P protein-Sepharose, studied in detail, and compared with other acidic protein kinases, including RAP-I, CK-II, and PK60. RAP-II is shown by SDS-PAGE and centrifugation on glycerol linear density gradients to have a molecular mass of around 62 kDa and it is immunologically different from RAP-I and PK60. RAP-II phosphorylates the P proteins in the last serine residue at the highly conserved carboxyl terminal domain as other P-protein kinases. The ribosome-bound stalk P proteins are not equally phosphorylated by the different kinases. Thus, RAP-II and PK60 mainly phosphorylate P1beta and P2alpha whereas RAP-I and CK-II modify all of them. A comparative study of the K(m) and V(max) of the phosphorylation reaction by the different kinases using individual purified acidic proteins suggests changes in the substrate susceptibility upon binding to the ribosome. All the data available reveal clear differences in the characteristics of the various P protein kinases and suggest that the cell may use them to differentially modify the stalk depending, perhaps, on metabolic requirements.
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- G Bou
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Canto Blanco, 28049, Spain
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Szyszka R. Protein kinases phosphorylating acidic ribosomal proteins from yeast cells. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 1999; 44:142-52. [PMID: 10588049 DOI: 10.1007/bf02816233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Phosphorylation of ribosomal acidic proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an important mechanism regulating a number of active ribosomes. The key role in the regulatory mechanism is played by specific phosphoprotein kinases and phosphoprotein phosphatases. Three different cAMP-independent protein kinases phosphorylating acidic ribosomal proteins have been identified and characterized. The protein kinase 60S (PK60S), RAP kinase, and casein kinase type 2 (CK2). All three protein kinases phosphorylate serine residues which are localized in the C-terminal end of phosphoproteins. Synthetic peptides were used to determinate the amino acid sequence of phosphoacceptor site for PK60S. Peptide AAEESDDD derived from phosphoproteins YP1 beta/beta' and YP2 alpha turned out to be the best substrate for PK60S. A number of halogenated benzimidazoles and 2-azabenzimidazoles were tested as inhibitors of the three protein kinases. 4,5,6,7-Tetrabromo-2-azabenzimidazole inhibits phosphorylation only of these polypeptides phosphorylated by protein kinase 60S, namely YP1 beta/beta' and YP2 alpha, but not the other, YP1 alpha and YP2 beta phosphorylated by protein kinases RAP and CK2. RAP kinase has been found in an active form in the soluble fraction of S. cerevisiae. The enzyme uses ATP as a phosphate donor and is less sensitive to heparin than casein kinase 2. RAP kinase monophosphorylates the four acidic proteins. The ribosome-bound proteins are a better substrate for the enzyme. Multifunctional CK2 kinase phosphorylate all four acidic proteins. The kinase phosphorylates preferentially serine or threonine residues surrounded by cluster of acidic residues. The enzyme activity is stimulated in vitro by the presence of polylysine and inhibited by heparin.
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- R Szyszka
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
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Rodriguez-Gabriel MA, Bou G, Briones E, Zambrano R, Remacha M, Ballesta JP. Structure and function of the stalk, a putative regulatory element of the yeast ribosome. Role of stalk protein phosphorylation. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 1999; 44:153-63. [PMID: 10588050 DOI: 10.1007/bf02816234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The ribosomal stalk is involved directly in the interaction of the elongation factors with the ribosome during protein synthesis. The stalk is formed by a complex of five proteins, four small acidic polypeptides and a larger protein which directly interacts with the rRNA at the GTPase center. In eukaryotes, the acidic components correspond to the 12 kDa P1 and P2 proteins, and the RNA binding component is protein P0. All these proteins are found to be phosphorylated in eukaryotic organisms. Previous in vitro data suggested this modification was involved in the activity of this structure. To confirm this possibility a mutational study has shown that phosphorylation takes place at a serine residue close to the carboxyl end of proteins P1, P2 and P0. This serine is part of a consensus casein kinase II phosphorylation site. However, by using a yeast strain carrying a temperature sensitive mutant, it has been shown that CKII is probably not the only enzyme responsible for this modification. Three new protein kinases, RAPI, RAPII and RAPIII, have been purified and compared with CKII and PK60, a previously reported enzyme that phosphorylates the stalk proteins. Differences among the five enzymes have been studied. It has also been found that some typical effectors of the PKC kinase stimulate the in vitro phosphorylation of the stalk proteins. All the data available suggest that phosphorylation, although it is not involved in the interaction of the acidic proteins with the ribosome, affects ribosome activity and might participate in some ribosome regulatory mechanism.
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Ballesta JP, Rodriguez-Gabriel MA, Bou G, Briones E, Zambrano R, Remacha M. Phosphorylation of the yeast ribosomal stalk. Functional effects and enzymes involved in the process. FEMS Microbiol Rev 1999; 23:537-50. [PMID: 10525165 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.1999.tb00412.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The ribosomal stalk is directly involved in the interaction of the elongation factors with the ribosome during protein synthesis. The stalk is formed by a complex of five proteins, four small acidic polypeptides and a larger protein which directly interacts with the rRNA at the GTPase center. In eukaryotes the acidic components correspond to the 12-kDa P1 and P2 proteins, and the RNA binding component is the P0 protein. All these proteins are found phosphorylated in eukaryotic organisms, and previous in vitro data suggested this modification was involved in the activity of this structure. Results from mutational studies have shown that phosphorylation takes place at a serine residue close to the carboxy end of the P proteins. Modification of this serine residue does not affect the formation of the stalk and the activity of the ribosome in standard conditions but induces an osmoregulation-related phenotype at 37 degrees C. The phosphorylatable serine is part of a consensus casein kinase II phosphorylation site. However, although CKII seems to be responsible for part of the stalk phosphorylation in vivo, it is probably not the only enzyme in the cell able to perform this modification. Five protein kinases, RAPI, RAPII and RAPIII, in addition to the previously reported CKII and PK60 kinases, are able to phosphorylate the stalk proteins. A comparison of the five enzymes shows differences among them that suggest some specificity regarding the phosphorylation of the four yeast acidic proteins. It has been found that some typical effectors of the PKC kinase stimulate the in vitro phosphorylation of the stalk proteins. All the data suggest that although phosphorylation is not involved in the interaction of the acidic P proteins with the ribosome, it can affect the ribosome activity and might participate in a possible ribosome regulatory mechanism.
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- J P Ballesta
- Centro de Biología Molecular, CSIC and UAM, Canto Blanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Zambrano R, Briones E, Avila J, Ballesta JP. Phosphorylation of P'(1) serine inhibits peptide bond sensitivity to Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease. Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 368:207-9. [PMID: 10415129 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- R Zambrano
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Canto Blanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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Tchórzewski M, Boguszewska A, Abramczyk D, Grankowski N. Overexpression in Escherichia coli, purification, and characterization of recombinant 60S ribosomal acidic proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Protein Expr Purif 1999; 15:40-7. [PMID: 10024468 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The 60S ribosomal subunits from Saccharomyces cerevisiae contain a set of four acidic proteins named YP1alpha, YP1beta, YP2alpha, and YP2beta. The genes for each were PCR amplified from a yeast cDNA library, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli cells using two expression systems. The first system, pLM1, was used for YP1beta, YP2alpha, and YP2beta. The second one, pT7-7, was used for YP1alpha. Expression in both cases was under the control of a strong inducible T7 promoter. The amount of induced recombinant proteins in the host cells was around 10 to 20% of the total soluble bacterial proteins. A new protocol for purification of all four recombinant proteins was established. The preliminary steps of purification were done by ammonium sulfate precipitation (YP1alpha, YP1beta) or NH4Cl/ethanol extraction (YP2alpha, YP2beta). The recombinant proteins were then purified to apparent homogeneity by only two steps of classical chromatographies, ion exchange (DEAE-cellulose) and gel filtration (Sephacryl S-200). Isoelectrofocusing analysis of YP2alpha and YP2beta showed the pIs of the recombinant proteins are the same as that of the native yeast ribosomal P2 proteins. The pI of YP1alpha is changed due to the addition of five amino acids attached to the N-terminus of recombinant polypeptide from the expression vector. YP1beta was obtained as a truncated form of polypeptide, similar to its ribosomal counterpart, YP1beta'. This was proved by isoelectrofocusing gel analysis.
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- M Tchórzewski
- Department of Molecular Biology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Akademicka 19 Street, Lublin, 20-033, Poland
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Gagou ME, Rodriguez Gabriel MA, Ballesta JP, Kouyanou S. Isolation and expression of the genes encoding the acidic ribosomal phosphoproteins P1 and P2 of the medfly Ceratitis capitata. Gene 1999; 226:365-73. [PMID: 9931511 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00546-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The genes of the acidic ribosomal proteins P1 and P2 (CcP1 and CcP2) of the medfly Ceratitis capitata were isolated from a genomic library using homologue DNA probes prepared by PCR. Sequencing and characterization of the two genes revealed strong similarities of the encoded amino acid sequence to the homologous proteins of Drosophila melanogaster and other eukaryotic species. The predicted amino acid sequences of the CcP1 and CcP2 proteins shared an almost identical carboxyl terminal sequence of 10 amino acids common to most known acidic ribosomal proteins. The CcP2 gene lacked intervening sequences in contrast to the CcP1 gene, which was interrupted by an intron of 188 nucleotides. Both genes were cloned in expression pT7 vectors and were expressed in Esherichia coli. The 17- and 15-kDa recombinant proteins reacted with a monoclonal antibody specific to the highly conserved carboxyl terminus of eukaryotic acidic ribosomal proteins, confirming their equivalence to these ribosomal components. Both recombinant proteins were electrophoretically identical to acidic proteins extracted from purified ribosomes of C. capitata.
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- M E Gagou
- University of Athens, Department of Biology, Division of Genetics and Biotechnology, Panepistimiopolis, 15701, Athens, Greece
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Rodriguez-Gabriel MA, Remacha M, Ballesta JP. Phosphorylation of ribosomal protein P0 is not essential for ribosome function but can affect translation. Biochemistry 1998; 37:16620-6. [PMID: 9843429 DOI: 10.1021/bi981396i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Protein P0, an essential component of the eukaryotic ribosomal stalk, is found phosphorylated in the ribosome. Substitution of serine 302 in the amino acid sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae P0 by either aspartic acid or cysteine abolishes in vitro and in vivo phosphorylation of the protein. On the contrary, the replacement of this serine by a threonine results in an increase in the protein phosphorylation under both sets of conditions. Therefore, this serine residue, which is part of a consensus casein kinase II modification site, SDDD, seems to be the phosphorylation site in protein P0. The effect of the mutations on the protein activity has been tested in S. cerevisiae W303dGP0 and D67dGP0, both of which carry a genomic P0 gene under the control of the GAL1 promoter. Transformation of the mutated genes in S. cerevisiae W303dGP0 allows cell growth at 30 degreesC in glucose-to repress the wild-type P0 expression-at the same rate as controls, and the ribosomes contain a normal amount of the other stalk components. A similar absence of effect of the mutations on growth was found in strain D67dGP0, which has ribosomes deprived of the P1 and P2 proteins. Therefore, P0 phosphorylation is not a requirement for ribosome activity in standard growth conditions either in the presence or in the absence of the other stalk proteins. However, a phenotypic effect is detected in the case of strain D67 transformed with the overphosphorylated threonine containing P0, which contrary to the wild-type and the other mutated proteins is unable to support cell growth at 37 degreesC in the presence of either 0.3 M NaCl or 0.8 M sorbitol. In vitro polymerizing tests indicate that this effect is not due to the thermosensitivity of the mutated protein. The results indicate that although P0 phosphorylation is not required for the overall ribosome activity, it may affect the expression of specific proteins involved in metabolic processes such as osmoregulation.
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- M A Rodriguez-Gabriel
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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Szyszka R, Bou G, Ballesta JP. RAP kinase, a new enzyme phosphorylating the acidic P proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1293:213-21. [PMID: 8620032 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(95)00246-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A new protein kinase, showing a high specificity for the ribosomal acidic P proteins (RAP kinase) has been purified and characterized from Saccharomyces cerevisiae extracts. Purification was carried out by four chromatographic steps, including DEAE-cellulose, phosphocellulose, heparin-Sepharose and P protein-Sepharose. The purified enzyme preparation contains only one polypeptide of around 55 kDa as determined by SDS gel electrophoresis and gradient centrifugation. RAP kinase is different from all previous well-characterized kinases and does not show cross-reaction with antibodies to the 71 kDa 60S ribosomal subunit-specific kinase PK60 previously reported. The enzyme uses ATP as a better phosphate donor and is less sensitive to heparin than casein kinase II but is moderately affected by salt. Among the different substrates tested, ribosomal acidic proteins are preferentially modified by RAP kinase, which phosphorylates only serine residues in the four P proteins as well as the related ribosomal protein P0. Casein is phosphorylated at a much lower level. All the data indicate that RAP kinase might be the enzyme responsible for the phosphorylation of the P proteins, and in this way may also participate in a possible translational regulatory mechanism.
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- R Szyszka
- Centro de Biologia Molecular, UAM, Madrid, Spain
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Wojda I, Cytryńska M, Jakubowicz T. Phosphorylation of ribosomal proteins by ribosome-associated protein kinases of Trichosporon cutaneum. J Basic Microbiol 1996; 36:363-9. [PMID: 8914268 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620360511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Four ribosomal proteins of Mr 13 kDa, 15 kDa, 19 kDa and 38 kDa were identified as phosphorylation substrates for protein kinases tightly associated with Trichosporon cutaneum ribosomes. It was found that proteins of 13 kDa, 19 kDa and 38 kDa were phosphorylated by multifunctional casein kinase II while the protein of 15 kDa by casein kinase I. Proteins of 13 kDa and 38 kDa were detected in the large subunits while 15 kDa and 19 kDa in the small ribosomal subunits. By using isoelectrofocusing the protein of 13 kDa was resolved into two individual phosphorylated forms. The phosphorylation level of both forms was much higher in ribosomes from the cells collected at the exponential growth phase than in those from the stationary phase. The same phosphoprotein forms were identified in ribosomes from in vitro and in vivo [32P]-labelling experiments.
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- I Wojda
- Department of Molecular Biology, Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Ballesta JP, Remacha M. The large ribosomal subunit stalk as a regulatory element of the eukaryotic translational machinery. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 55:157-93. [PMID: 8787610 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60193-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- J P Ballesta
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain
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Huttly AK, Phillips AL. Gibberellin-regulated expression in oat aleurone cells of two kinases that show homology to MAP kinase and a ribosomal protein kinase. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 27:1043-52. [PMID: 7766874 DOI: 10.1007/bf00037031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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cDNA fragments from ten different protein kinases expressed in Avena sativa aleurone cells were amplified from mRNA by RT-PCR with degenerate primers. These could be classified into five groups: Aspk1-3 showed homology to the Snf1-related protein kinases, Aspk4-5 to a wheat ABA up-regulated protein kinase, Aspk6-8 to the Ca-dependent, calmodulin-independent protein kinase family, Aspk9 encoded a MAP kinase and Aspk10 was closely related to a novel Arabidopsis ribosomal protein kinase. GA caused a rapid increase in transcripts hybridising to Aspk10, while inhibiting the dramatic accumulation of transcripts hybridising to Aspk9 that occurred in the absence of GA.
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- A K Huttly
- IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
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Cytryńska M, Wojda I, Jakubowicz T. The acidic ribosomal proteins of different yeast species. Phosphorylation by ribosome-associated protein kinases. J Basic Microbiol 1995; 35:367-73. [PMID: 8537876 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620350603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Two major ribosomal proteins of Mr 13 kDa and 38 kDa were identified as phosphorylation substrates for ribosome-bound protein kinases from different yeast species. The phosphorylation level was much higher in ribosomes from the cells collected at the exponential growth phase, than in those from the stationary phase. Isoelectrofocusing of the protein band of 13 kDa and subsequent silver staining allowed to identify from four in the case of Pichia stipitis up to ten in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Saccharomycodes Ludwigii, Torulopsis utilis and Kloeckera apiculata individual peptides. In the most of the yeast species studies five phosphorylated peptides were observed. However, only one or two such phosphopeptides were detected in Pichia stipitis and Trichosporon cutaneum ribosomes, respectively. The same phosphoprotein forms were identified in the in vivo 32P-labelling experiments.
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- M Cytryńska
- Department of Molecular Biology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Zhang S, Broome M, Lawton M, Hunter T, Lamb C. atpk1, a novel ribosomal protein kinase gene from Arabidopsis. II. Functional and biochemical analysis of the encoded protein. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)32482-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Grankowski N, Gasior E, Issinger OG. Synthetic peptides and ribosomal proteins as substrate for 60S ribosomal protein kinase from yeast cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1158:194-6. [PMID: 8399321 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(93)90014-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Kinetic studies on the 60S protein kinase were conducted with synthetic peptides and ribosomal proteins as substrate. Peptide RRREEESDDD proved to be the best synthetic substrate for this enzyme. The peptide has a sequence of amino acids which most closely resembles the structure of potential phosphorylation sites in natural substrates, i.e., acidic ribosomal proteins. The superiority of certain kinetic parameters for 60S kinase obtained with the native whole 80S ribosomes over those of the isolated fraction of acidic ribosomal proteins indicates that the affinity of 60S kinase to the specific protein substrate not only depends on the structure of the polypeptide chain around the target amino acid but also on its native structure within the 80S ribosome.
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- N Grankowski
- Department of Molecular Biology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Naranda T, Remacha M, Ballesta J. The activity-controlling phosphorylation site is not the same in the four acidic ribosomal proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53797-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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