Interaction of the pelle kinase with the membrane-associated protein tube is required for transduction of the dorsoventral signal in Drosophila embryos

Development ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 121 (7) ◽  
pp. 2209-2218 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Galindo ◽  
D.N. Edwards ◽  
S.K. Gillespie ◽  
S.A. Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Drosophila Embryo ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid ◽  
Dorsoventral Polarity ◽  
Intracellular Signal ◽  
Two Hybrid ◽  
Drosophila Embryos

Within the Drosophila embryo, tube and the protein kinase pelle transduce an intracellular signal generated by the transmembrane receptor Toll. This signal directs import of the rel-related protein dorsal into ventral and ventrolateral nuclei, thereby establishing dorsoventral polarity. We show by immunolocalization that tube protein associates with the plasma membrane during interphase. We also find that tube sequences required for signaling interact with pelle in a yeast two-hybrid assay. We demonstrate that fusion of the pelle catalytic domain to the transmembrane receptor torso is sufficient to induce ventral fates; this activity is independent of Toll or tube. Lastly, we find that fusion of the tube protein to torso also induces ventral fates, but only in the presence of functional pelle. We propose a model wherein tube activates pelle by recruiting it to the plasma membrane, thereby propagating the axis-determining signal.

scholarly journals Mammalian Homologue of the Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-76 Protein Involved in Axonal Outgrowth Is a Protein Kinase C ζ–interacting Protein

1999 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun'ichi Kuroda ◽  
Noritaka Nakagawa ◽  
Chiharu Tokunaga ◽  
Kenji Tatematsu ◽  
Katsuyuki Tanizawa
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Axonal Outgrowth ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid ◽  
Interacting Protein ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Two Hybrid

By the yeast two-hybrid screening of a rat brain cDNA library with the regulatory domain of protein kinase C ζ (PKCζ) as a bait, we have cloned a gene coding for a novel PKCζ-interacting protein homologous to the Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-76 protein involved in axonal outgrowth and fasciculation. The protein designated FEZ1 (fasciculation and elongation protein zeta-1) consisting of 393 amino acid residues shows a high Asp/Glu content and contains several regions predicted to form amphipathic helices. Northern blot analysis has revealed that FEZ1 mRNA is abundantly expressed in adult rat brain and throughout the developmental stages of mouse embryo. By the yeast two-hybrid assay with various deletion mutants of PKC, FEZ1 was shown to interact with the NH2-terminal variable region (V1) of PKCζ and weakly with that of PKCε. In the COS-7 cells coexpressing FEZ1 and PKCζ, FEZ1 was present mainly in the plasma membrane, associating with PKCζ and being phosphorylated. These results indicate that FEZ1 is a novel substrate of PKCζ. When the constitutively active mutant of PKCζ was used, FEZ1 was found in the cytoplasm of COS-7 cells. Upon treatment of the cells with a PKC inhibitor, staurosporin, FEZ1 was translocated from the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane, suggesting that the cytoplasmic translocation of FEZ1 is directly regulated by the PKCζ activity. Although expression of FEZ1 alone had no effect on PC12 cells, coexpression of FEZ1 and constitutively active PKCζ stimulated the neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells. Combined with the recent finding that a human FEZ1 protein is able to complement the function of UNC-76 necessary for normal axonal bundling and elongation within axon bundles in the nematode, these results suggest that FEZ1 plays a crucial role in the axon guidance machinery in mammals by interacting with PKCζ.

scholarly journals PICK1: a perinuclear binding protein and substrate for protein kinase C isolated by the yeast two-hybrid system.

1995 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Staudinger ◽  
J Zhou ◽  
R Burgess ◽  
S J Elledge ◽  
E N Olson
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Hybrid System ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Two Hybrid

Protein kinase C (PKC) plays a central role in the control of proliferation and differentiation of a wide range of cell types by mediating the signal transduction response to hormones and growth factors. Upon activation by diacylglycerol, PKC translocates to different subcellular sites where it phosphorylates numerous proteins, most of which are unidentified. We used the yeast two-hybrid system to identify proteins that interact with activated PKC alpha. Using the catalytic region of PKC fused to the DNA binding domain of yeast GAL4 as "bait" to screen a mouse T cell cDNA library in which cDNA was fused to the GAL4 activation domain, we cloned several novel proteins that interact with C-kinase (PICKs). One of these proteins, designated PICK1, interacts specifically with the catalytic domain of PKC and is an efficient substrate for phosphorylation by PKC in vitro and in vivo. PICK1 is localized to the perinuclear region and is phosphorylated in response to PKC activation. PICK1 and other PICKs may play important roles in mediating the actions of PKC.

scholarly journals Subunit Interactions in the mariner Transposase

Genetics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 1087-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan R Lohe ◽  
David T Sullivan ◽  
Daniel L Hartl
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid System ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Target Element ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid ◽  
Subunit Interactions ◽  
Hsp70 Promoter ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid System ◽  
Transposition Reaction ◽  
Two Hybrid

Abstract We have studied the Mos1 transposase encoded by the transposable element mariner. This transposase is a member of the “D,D(35)E” superfamily of proteins exhibiting the motif D,D(34)D. It is not known whether this transposase, or other eukaryote transposases manifesting the D,D(35)E domain, functions in a multimeric form. Evidence for oligomerization was found in the negative complementation of Mos1 by an EMS-induced transposase mutation in the catalytic domain. The transposase produced by this mutation has a glycine-to-arginine replacement at position 292. The G292R mutation strongly interferes with the ability of wild-type transposase to catalyze excision of a target element. Negative complementation was also observed for two other EMS mutations, although the effect was weaker than observed with G292R. Results from the yeast two-hybrid system also imply that Mos1 subunits interact, suggesting the possibility of subunit oligomerization in the transposition reaction. Overproduction of Mos1 subunits through an hsp70 promoter also inhibits excision of the target element, possibly through autoregulatory feedback on transcription or through formation of inactive or less active oligomers. The effects of both negative complementation and overproduction may contribute to the regulation of mariner transposition.

scholarly journals Genetic Evidence for Pak1 Autoinhibition and Its Release by Cdc42

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 602-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Tu ◽  
Mike Wigler
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Hybrid System ◽  
Sexual Differentiation ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Intramolecular Interaction ◽  
Intramolecular Interactions ◽  
Regulatory Domain ◽  
Kinase Catalytic Domain ◽  
Two Hybrid ◽  
Open Configuration

ABSTRACT Pak1 protein kinase of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a member of the p21-GTPase-activated protein kinase (PAK) family, participates in signaling pathways including sexual differentiation and morphogenesis. The regulatory domain of PAK proteins is thought to inhibit the kinase catalytic domain, as truncation of this region renders kinases more active. Here we report the detection in the two-hybrid system of the interaction between Pak1 regulatory domain and the kinase catalytic domain. Pak1 catalytic domain binds to the same highly conserved region on the regulatory domain that binds Cdc42, a GTPase protein capable of activating Pak1. Two-hybrid, mutant, and genetic analyses indicated that this intramolecular interaction rendered the kinase in a closed and inactive configuration. We show that Cdc42 can induce an open configuration of Pak1. We propose that Cdc42 interaction disrupts the intramolecular interactions of Pak1, thereby releasing the kinase from autoinhibition.

Heterocomplex formation between metastasis-related protein S100A4 (Mts1) and S100A1 as revealed by the yeast two-hybrid system

FEBS Letters ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 475 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Tarabykina ◽  
Marina Kriajevska ◽  
David J. Scott ◽  
Tessa J. Hill ◽  
Daniel Lafitte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid System ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid System ◽  
Two Hybrid

scholarly journals The ubiquitin-associated domain of AMPK-related protein kinases allows LKB1-induced phosphorylation and activation

2006 ◽  
Vol 394 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark H. Rider
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinases ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Biochemical Journal ◽  
Kinase Catalytic Domain ◽  
Uba Domain ◽  
Amp Activated Protein Kinase

The AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase)-related protein kinase subfamily of the human kinome comprises 12 members closely related to the catalytic α1/α2 subunits of AMPK. The precise role of the AMPK-related kinases and their in vivo substrates is rather unclear at present, but some are involved in regulating cell polarity, whereas others appear to control cellular differentiation. Of the 12 human AMPK-related protein kinase family members, 11 can be activated following phosphorylation of their T-loop threonine residue by the LKB1 complex. Nine of these AMPK-related kinases activated by LKB1 contain an UBA (ubiquitin-associated) domain immediately C-terminal to the kinase catalytic domain. In this issue of the Biochemical Journal, Jaleel et al. show that the presence of an UBA domain in AMP-related kinases allows LKB1-induced phosphorylation and activation. The findings have implications for understanding the molecular mechanisms of activation of this fascinating family of protein kinases. Also, mutations in the UBA domains of the AMP-related kinase genes might be present in families with Peutz–Jehgers syndrome and in other cancer patients.

scholarly journals Inhibition of Double-Stranded RNA-Dependent Protein Kinase PKR by Vaccinia Virus E3: Role of Complex Formation and the E3 N-Terminal Domain

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 7304-7316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick R. Romano ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Seng-Lai Tan ◽  
Minerva T. Garcia-Barrio ◽  
Michael G. Katze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Kinase Domain ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Double Stranded Rna ◽  
Dsrna Binding ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
Two Hybrid

ABSTRACT The human double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-dependent protein kinase PKR inhibits protein synthesis by phosphorylating translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α). Vaccinia virus E3Lencodes a dsRNA binding protein that inhibits PKR in virus-infected cells, presumably by sequestering dsRNA activators. Expression of PKR in Saccharomyces cerevisiae inhibits protein synthesis by phosphorylation of eIF2α, dependent on its two dsRNA binding motifs (DRBMs). We found that expression of E3 in yeast overcomes the lethal effect of PKR in a manner requiring key residues (Lys-167 and Arg-168) needed for dsRNA binding by E3 in vitro. Unexpectedly, the N-terminal half of E3, and residue Trp-66 in particular, also is required for anti-PKR function. Because the E3 N-terminal region does not contribute to dsRNA binding in vitro, it appears that sequestering dsRNA is not the sole function of E3 needed for inhibition of PKR. This conclusion was supported by the fact that E3 activity was antagonized, not augmented, by overexpressing the catalytically defective PKR-K296R protein containing functional DRBMs. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments showed that a majority of PKR in yeast extracts was in a complex with E3, whose formation was completely dependent on the dsRNA binding activity of E3 and enhanced by the N-terminal half of E3. In yeast two-hybrid assays and in vitro protein binding experiments, segments of E3 and PKR containing their respective DRBMs interacted in a manner requiring E3 residues Lys-167 and Arg-168. We also detected interactions between PKR and the N-terminal half of E3 in the yeast two-hybrid and λ repressor dimerization assays. In the latter case, the N-terminal half of E3 interacted with the kinase domain of PKR, dependent on E3 residue Trp-66. We propose that effective inhibition of PKR in yeast requires formation of an E3-PKR-dsRNA complex, in which the N-terminal half of E3 physically interacts with the protein kinase domain of PKR.

scholarly journals The Second Catalytic Domain of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase δ (PTPδ) Binds to and Inhibits the First Catalytic Domain of PTPς

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2608-2616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan J. Wallace ◽  
Christopher Fladd ◽  
Jane Batt ◽  
Daniela Rotin
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Yeast Two Hybrid ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Catalytic Domains ◽  
Two Hybrid

ABSTRACT The LAR family protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), including LAR, PTPδ, and PTPς, are transmembrane proteins composed of a cell adhesion molecule-like ectodomain and two cytoplasmic catalytic domains: active D1 and inactive D2. We performed a yeast two-hybrid screen with the first catalytic domain of PTPς (PTPς-D1) as bait to identify interacting regulatory proteins. Using this screen, we identified the second catalytic domain of PTPδ (PTPδ-D2) as an interactor of PTPς-D1. Both yeast two-hybrid binding assays and coprecipitation from mammalian cells revealed strong binding between PTPς-D1 and PTPδ-D2, an association which required the presence of the wedge sequence in PTPς-D1, a sequence recently shown to mediate D1-D1 homodimerization in the phosphatase RPTPα. This interaction was not reciprocal, as PTPδ-D1 did not bind PTPς-D2. Addition of a glutathione S-transferase (GST)–PTPδ-D2 fusion protein (but not GST alone) to GST–PTPς-D1 led to ∼50% inhibition of the catalytic activity of PTPς-D1, as determined by an in vitro phosphatase assay againstp-nitrophenylphosphate. A similar inhibition of PTPς-D1 activity was obtained with coimmunoprecipitated PTPδ-D2. Interestingly, the second catalytic domains of LAR (LAR-D2) and PTPς (PTPς-D2), very similar in sequence to PTPδ-D2, bound poorly to PTPς-D1. PTPδ-D1 and LAR-D1 were also able to bind PTPδ-D2, but more weakly than PTPς-D1, with a binding hierarchy of PTPς-D1>>PTPδ-D1>LAR-D1. These results suggest that association between PTPς-D1 and PTPδ-D2, possibly via receptor heterodimerization, provides a negative regulatory function and that the second catalytic domains of this and likely other receptor PTPs, which are often inactive, may function instead to regulate the activity of the first catalytic domains.

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