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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
Copper is a trace element essential for normal cell homeostasis. The major physiological role of copper is to serve as a cofactor to a number of key metabolic enzymes. In humans, genetic defects of copper distribution, such as Wilson's disease, lead to severe pathologies, including neurodegeneration, liver lesions, and behavior abnormalities. Here, we demonstrate that, in addition to its role as a cofactor, copper can regulate important post-translational events such as protein phosphorylation. Specifically, in human cells copper modulates phosphorylation of a key copper transporter, the Wilson's disease protein (WNDP). Copper-induced phosphorylation of WNDP is rapid, specific, and reversible and correlates with the intracellular location of this copper transporter. WNDP is found to have at least two phosphorylation sites, a basal phosphorylation site and a site modified in response to increased copper concentration. Comparative analysis of WNDP, the WNDP pineal isoform, and WNDP C-terminal truncation mutants revealed that the basal phosphorylation site is located in the C-terminal Ser(796)-Tyr(1384) region of WNDP. The copper-induced phosphorylation appears to require the presence of the functional N-terminal domain of this protein. The novel physiological role of copper as a modulator of protein phosphorylation could be central to understanding how copper transport is regulated in mammalian cells.
pubmed:grant
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
28
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
36289-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Adenosine Triphosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Cation Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Copper, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Serine, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11470780-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Copper specifically regulates intracellular phosphorylation of the Wilson's disease protein, a human copper-transporting ATPase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.