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PP2A/B55a substrate recruitment as defined by the retinoblastoma-related protein p107

ABSTRACT: Protein phosphorylation is a reversible post-translation modification essential in cell signaling. This study addresses a long-standing question as to how the most abundant serine/threonine Protein Phosphatase 2 (PP2A) holoenzyme, PP2A/B55a, specifically recognizes substrates and presents them to the enzyme active site. Here, we show how the PP2A regulatory subunit B55a recruits p107, a pRB-related tumor suppressor and B55a substrate. Using molecular and cellular approaches, we identified a conserved region 1 (R1, residues 615-626) encompassing the strongest p107 binding site. This enabled us to identify an "HxRVxxV619-625" short linear motif (SLiM) in p107 as necessary for B55a binding and dephosphorylation of the proximal pSer-615 in vitro and in cells. Numerous B55a/PP2A substrates, including TAU, contain a related SLiM C-terminal from a proximal phosphosite, "p[SSTT]-P--x(4,10)-[RK]-V-x-x-[VII]-R". Mutation of conserved SLiM residues in TAU dramatically inhibits dephosphorylation by PP2A/B55a, validating its generality. A data-guided computational model details the interaction of residues from the conserved p107 SLiM, the B55a groove, and phosphosite presentation. Altogether these data provide key insights into PP2A/B55a mechanisms of substrate recruitment and active site engagement, and also facilitate identification and validation of new substrates, a key step towards understanding PP2A/B55a role in multiple cellular processes.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive Plus

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606)

SUBMITTER: Arminja Kettenbach

PROVIDER: MSV000088106 | MassIVE |

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD028612

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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Project description:The Ser/Thr protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a highly conserved collection of heterotrimeric holoenzymes responsible for the dephosphorylation of many regulated phosphoproteins. Substrate recognition and the integration of regulatory cues are mediated by B regulatory subunits that are complexed to the catalytic subunit (C) by a scaffold protein (A). PP2A/B55 substrate recruitment was thought to be mediated by charge-charge interactions between the surface of B55a and its substrates. Challenging this view, we recently discovered a conserved SLiM [RK]-V-x-x-[VI]-R in a range of proteins, including substrates such as the retinoblastoma-related protein p107 and TAU (Fowle et al. eLife 2021;10:e63181). Here we report the identification of this SLiM in FAM122A, an inhibitor of B55a/PP2A. This conserved SLiM is necessary for FAM122A binding to B55a in vitro and in cells. Computational structure prediction with AlphaFold-Multimer predicts an interaction consistent with the mutational and biochemical data and supports a mechanism whereby FAM122A uses the 'SLiM' in the form of a short a-helix (helix 1) to dock to the B55a top groove, thereby blocking substrate binding to the same site. In this model, FAM122A also spatially constrains substrate access by occluding the catalytic subunit with a second a-helix immediately adjacent to helix 1. Consistently, FAM122A functions as a competitive inhibitor as it prevents the binding of substrates in in vitro competition assays and the dephosphorylation of CDK substrates by B55a/PP2A in cell lysates. The ablation of FAM122A in human cell lines reduces the rate of proliferation, progression through cell cycle transitions, and abrogates G1/S and intra-S phase cell cycle checkpoints. FAM122A-KO in HEK293 cells results in attenuation of CHK1 and CHK2 activation in response to replication stress. Overall, these data strongly suggest that FAM122A is a short helical motif (SHeM)-dependent, substrate-competitive inhibitor of B55a/PP2A that suppresses multiple functions of B55a in the DNA damage response and in timely progression through the cell cycle interphase.

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