The C2 Domain and Altered ATP-Binding Loop Phosphorylation at Ser³?? Mediate the Redox-Dependent Increase in Protein Kinase C-? Activity.
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ABSTRACT: The diverse roles of protein kinase C-? (PKC?) in cellular growth, survival, and injury have been attributed to stimulus-specific differences in PKC? signaling responses. PKC? exerts membrane-delimited actions in cells activated by agonists that stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis. PKC? is released from membranes as a Tyr(313)-phosphorylated enzyme that displays a high level of lipid-independent activity and altered substrate specificity during oxidative stress. This study identifies an interaction between PKC?'s Tyr(313)-phosphorylated hinge region and its phosphotyrosine-binding C2 domain that controls PKC?'s enzymology indirectly by decreasing phosphorylation in the kinase domain ATP-positioning loop at Ser(359). We show that wild-type (WT) PKC? displays a strong preference for substrates with serine as the phosphoacceptor residue at the active site when it harbors phosphomimetic or bulky substitutions at Ser(359.) In contrast, PKC?-S359A displays lipid-independent activity toward substrates with either a serine or threonine as the phosphoacceptor residue. Additional studies in cardiomyocytes show that oxidative stress decreases Ser(359) phosphorylation on native PKC? and that PKC?-S359A overexpression increases basal levels of phosphorylation on substrates with both phosphoacceptor site serine and threonine residues. Collectively, these studies identify a C2 domain-pTyr(313) docking interaction that controls ATP-positioning loop phosphorylation as a novel, dynamically regulated, and physiologically relevant structural determinant of PKC? catalytic activity.
SUBMITTER: Gong J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4405634 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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