RNA-dependent phosphorylation of a nuclear RNA binding protein
AUTOR(ES)
Fung, Peter A.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
The human C1 heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle protein (hnRNP protein) undergoes a cycle of phosphorylation–dephosphorylation in HeLa cell nuclear extracts that modulates the binding of this protein to pre-mRNA. We now report that hyperphosphorylation of the C1 hnRNP protein is mediated by a kinase activity in nuclear extracts that is RNA-dependent. Although the basal phosphorylation of the C1 hnRNP protein in nuclear extracts reflects a casein kinase II-type activity, its RNA-dependent hyperphosphorylation appears to be mediated by a different kinase. This is indicated by the unresponsiveness of the RNA-stimulated hyperphosphorylation to casein kinase II inhibitors, and the distinct glycerol gradient sedimentation profiles of the basal versus RNA-stimulated C1 hnRNP protein phosphorylation activities from nuclear extracts. RNA-dependent phosphorylation was observed both for a histidine-tagged recombinant human C1 hnRNP protein added to nuclear extracts and also for the endogenous C1 hnRNP protein. Additional results rule out protein kinase A, protein kinase C, calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase as the enzymes responsible for the RNA-dependent hyperphosphorylation of the C1 hnRNP protein. These results reveal the existence in nuclear extracts of an RNA-dependent protein kinase activity that hyperphosphorylates a known pre-mRNA binding protein, and define an additional element to be integrated into the current picture of how nuclear proteins are regulated by phosphorylation.
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