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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
The regA and rdeA gene products of Dictyostelium are involved in the regulation of cAMP signaling. The response regulator, RegA, is composed of an N-terminal receiver domain linked to a C-terminal cAMP-phosphodiesterase domain. RdeA may be a phospho-transfer protein that supplies phosphates to RegA. We show genetically that phospho-RegA is the activated form of the enzyme in vivo, in that the predicted site of aspartate phosphorylation is required for full activity. We show biochemically that RdeA and RegA communicate, as evidenced by phospho-transfer between the two proteins in vitro. Phospho-transfer is dependent on the presumed phospho-accepting amino acids, histidine 65 of RdeA and aspartate 212 of RegA, and occurs in both directions. Phosphorylation of RegA by a heterologous phospho-donor protein activates RegA phosphodiesterase activity at least 20-fold. Our results suggest that the histidine phosphotransfer protein, RdeA, and the response regulator, RegA, constitute two essential elements in a eukaryotic His-Asp phospho-relay network that regulates Dictyostelium development and fruiting body maturation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27379-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The RdeA-RegA system, a eukaryotic phospho-relay controlling cAMP breakdown.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, United Kingdom. thomason@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't