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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident protein kinase PERK attenuates protein synthesis in response to ER stress through the phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2alpha at serine 51. ER stress induces PERK autophosphorylation at several serine/threonine residues, a process that is required for kinase activation and phosphorylation of eIF2alpha. Herein, we demonstrate that PERK also possesses tyrosine kinase activity. Specifically, we show that PERK is capable of autophosphorylating on tyrosine residues in vitro and in vivo. We further show that tyrosine 615, which is embedded in a highly conserved region of the kinase domain of PERK, is essential for autocatalytic activity. That is, mutation of Tyr-615 to phenylalanine compromises the autophosphorylation capacity of PERK and the phosphorylation of eIF2alpha in vitro and in vivo. The Y615F mutation also impairs the ability of PERK to induce translation of ATF4. Immunoblot analyses with a phosphospecific antibody confirm the phosphorylation of PERK at Tyr-615 both in vitro and in vivo. Thus, our data classify PERK as a dual specificity kinase whose regulation by tyrosine phosphorylation contributes to its optimal activation in response to ER stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
469-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Serine, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-Tyrosine, pubmed-meshheading:17998206-eIF-2 Kinase
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Modulation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha-subunit kinase PERK by tyrosine phosphorylation.
pubmed:affiliation
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGiIl University, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, 3999 Côte-Ste-Catherine Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't