TY - JOUR
T1 - Ran GTPase guanine nucleotide exchange factor RCC1 is phosphorylated on serine 11 by cdc2 kinase in vitro
AU - Horiike, Yukiko
AU - Kobayashi, Hideki
AU - Sekiguchi, Takeshi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments We thank Dr. T. Nishimoto for encouraging us to perform experiments, and Dr. Y. Yoneda for providing the Qip1 and PTAC58 vectors. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (TS) from the Japan Ministry of Education, Science, Sport and Culture and CREST (HK), JST Japan.
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - RCC1, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ran GTPase, plays essential roles in the growth and viability of mammalian cells. Here, we examined the phosphorylation of specific serine and threonine residues of RCC1 in vivo and showed that RCC1 is indeed phosphorylated. Analysis by two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis suggested that serine 11 (S11) of hamster RCC1 is phosphorylated in vivo. A point mutation of S11 of hamster RCC1 resulted in a decrease in the number of 2D gel spots, indicating a lack of phosphorylation at the mutant residue. S11 phosphorylation in vitro depended on cyclin B-cdc2 kinase. An RCC1 mutant in which all N-terminal serine and threonine residues were substituted with glutamate residues to mimic phosphorylation at these residues showed decreased binding to the karyopherin, KPNA4, compared with wild type RCC1. We conclude that RCC1 undergoes post-translational phosphorylation.
AB - RCC1, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ran GTPase, plays essential roles in the growth and viability of mammalian cells. Here, we examined the phosphorylation of specific serine and threonine residues of RCC1 in vivo and showed that RCC1 is indeed phosphorylated. Analysis by two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis suggested that serine 11 (S11) of hamster RCC1 is phosphorylated in vivo. A point mutation of S11 of hamster RCC1 resulted in a decrease in the number of 2D gel spots, indicating a lack of phosphorylation at the mutant residue. S11 phosphorylation in vitro depended on cyclin B-cdc2 kinase. An RCC1 mutant in which all N-terminal serine and threonine residues were substituted with glutamate residues to mimic phosphorylation at these residues showed decreased binding to the karyopherin, KPNA4, compared with wild type RCC1. We conclude that RCC1 undergoes post-translational phosphorylation.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11033-008-9234-3
DO - 10.1007/s11033-008-9234-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 18568422
AN - SCOPUS:61449131564
SN - 0301-4851
VL - 36
SP - 717
EP - 723
JO - Molecular Biology Reports
JF - Molecular Biology Reports
IS - 4
ER -