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Conserved Eukaryotic Kinase CK2 Chaperone Intrinsically Disordered Protein Interactions.


ABSTRACT: CK2, a serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) kinase present in eukaryotic cells, is known to have a vast number of substrates. We have recently shown that it localizes to nuclei and at pores between hyphal compartments in Magnaporthe oryzae We performed a pulldown proteomics analysis of M. oryzae CK2 catalytic subunit MoCKa to detect interacting proteins. The MoCKa pulldown was enriched for septum and nucleolus proteins and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) containing a CK2 phosphorylation motif that is proposed to destabilize and unfold ?-helices. This points to a function for CK2 phosphorylation and corresponding phosphatase dephosphorylation in the formation of functional protein-protein aggregates and protein-RNA/DNA binding. To test this as widely as possible, we used secondary data downloaded from databases from a large range of M. oryzae experiments, as well as data for a relatively closely related plant-pathogenic fungus, Fusarium graminearum We found that CKa expression was strongly positively correlated with Ser/Thr phosphatases, as well as with disaggregases (HSP104, YDJ1, and SSA1) and an autophagy-indicating protein (ATG8). The latter points to increased protein aggregate formation at high levels of CKa expression. Our results suggest a general role for CK2 in chaperoning aggregation and disaggregation of IDPs and their binding to proteins, DNA, and RNA.IMPORTANCE CK2 is a eukaryotic conserved kinase enzyme complex that phosphorylates proteins. CK2 is known to phosphorylate a large number of proteins and is constitutively active, and thus a "normal" role for a kinase in a signaling cascade might not be the case for CK2. Previous results on localization and indications from the literature point to a function for CK2 phosphorylation in shaping and folding of proteins, especially intrinsically disordered proteins, which constitute about 30% of eukaryotic proteins. We used pulldown of interacting proteins and data downloaded from a large range of transcriptomic experiments in M. oryzae and complemented these with data downloaded from a large range of transcriptomic experiments in Fusarium graminearum We found support for a general role for CK2 in aggregation and disaggregation of IDPs and their binding to proteins, DNA, and RNA-interactions that could explain the importance of CK2 in eukaryotic cell function and disease.

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6952228 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Conserved Eukaryotic Kinase CK2 Chaperone Intrinsically Disordered Protein Interactions.

Zhang Lianhu L   Zhang Dongmei D   Liu Dan D   Li Yuan Y   Li Hongchen H   Xie Yuman Y   Wang Zonghua Z   Hansen Bjoern Oest BO   Olsson Stefan S  

Applied and environmental microbiology 20200107 2


CK2, a serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) kinase present in eukaryotic cells, is known to have a vast number of substrates. We have recently shown that it localizes to nuclei and at pores between hyphal compartments in <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> We performed a pulldown proteomics analysis of <i>M. oryzae</i> CK2 catalytic subunit MoCKa to detect interacting proteins. The MoCKa pulldown was enriched for septum and nucleolus proteins and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) containing a CK2 phosphoryla  ...[more]

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