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Splicing kinase SRPK1 conforms to the landscape of its SR protein substrate.

ABSTRACT: The splicing function of SR proteins is regulated by multisite phosphorylation of their C-terminal RS (arginine-serine rich) domains. SRPK1 has been shown to phosphorylate the prototype SR protein SRSF1 using a directional mechanism in which 11 serines flanked by arginines are sequentially fed from a docking groove in the large lobe of the kinase domain to the active site. Although this process is expected to operate on lengthy arginine-serine repeats (?8), many SR proteins contain smaller repeats of only 1-4 dipeptides, raising the question of how alternate RS domain configurations are phosphorylated. To address this, we studied a splice variant of Tra2? that contains a C-terminal RS domain with short arginine-serine repeats [Tra2?(?N)]. We showed that SRPK1 selectively phosphorylates several serines near the C-terminus of the RS domain. SRPK1 uses a distributive mechanism for Tra2?(?N) where the rate-limiting step is the dissociation of the protein substrate rather than nucleotide exchange as in the case of SRSF1. Although a functioning docking groove is required for efficient SRSF1 phosphorylation, this conserved structural element is dispensable for Tra2?(?N) phosphorylation. These large shifts in mechanism are likely to account for the slower net turnover rate of Tra2?(?N) compared to SRSF1 and may signal fundamental differences in phosphorylation among SR proteins with distinctive arginine-serine profiles. Overall, these data indicate that SRPK1 conforms to changes in RS domain architecture using a flexible kinetic mechanism and selective usage of a conserved docking groove.

SUBMITTER: Aubol BE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3865722 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Splicing kinase SRPK1 conforms to the landscape of its SR protein substrate.

Aubol Brandon E BE Jamros Michael A MA McGlone Maria L ML Adams Joseph A JA

Biochemistry 20131015 43

The splicing function of SR proteins is regulated by multisite phosphorylation of their C-terminal RS (arginine-serine rich) domains. SRPK1 has been shown to phosphorylate the prototype SR protein SRSF1 using a directional mechanism in which 11 serines flanked by arginines are sequentially fed from a docking groove in the large lobe of the kinase domain to the active site. Although this process is expected to operate on lengthy arginine-serine repeats (≥8), many SR proteins contain smaller repea ...[more]

PMID: 24074032

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Project description:BACKGROUND: Several recent studies indicate that alternative splicing in Arabidopsis and other plants is a common mechanism for post-transcriptional modulation of gene expression. However, few analyses have been done so far to elucidate the functional relevance of alternative splicing in higher plants. Representing a frequent and universal subtle alternative splicing event among eukaryotes, alternative splicing at NAGNAG acceptors contributes to transcriptome diversity and therefore, proteome plasticity. Alternatively spliced NAGNAG acceptors are overrepresented in genes coding for proteins with RNA-recognition motifs (RRMs). As SR proteins, a family of RRM-containing important splicing factors, are known to be extensively alternatively spliced in Arabidopsis, we analyzed alternative splicing at NAGNAG acceptors in SR and SR-related genes. RESULTS: In a comprehensive analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, we identified 6,772 introns that exhibit a NAGNAG acceptor motif. Alternative splicing at these acceptors was assessed using available EST data, complemented by a sequence-based prediction method. Of the 36 identified introns within 30 SR and SR-related protein-coding genes that have a NAGNAG acceptor, we selected 15 candidates for an experimental analysis of alternative splicing under several conditions. We provide experimental evidence for 8 of these candidates being alternatively spliced. Quantifying the ratio of NAGNAG-derived splice variants under several conditions, we found organ-specific splicing ratios in adult plants and changes in seedlings of different ages. Splicing ratio changes were observed in response to heat shock and most strikingly, cold shock. Interestingly, the patterns of differential splicing ratios are similar for all analyzed genes. CONCLUSION: NAGNAG acceptors frequently occur in the Arabidopsis genome and are particularly prevalent in SR and SR-related protein-coding genes. A lack of extensive EST coverage can be compensated by using the proposed sequence-based method to predict alternative splicing at these acceptors. Our findings indicate that the differential effects on NAGNAG alternative splicing in SR and SR-related genes are organ- and condition-specific rather than gene-specific.

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Splicing kinase SRPK1 conforms to the landscape of its SR protein substrate.

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