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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
Glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta) phosphorylates substrates, including the microtubule-associated protein tau, at both primed and unprimed epitopes. GSK3beta phosphorylation of tau negatively regulates tau-microtubule interactions; however the differential effects of phosphorylation at primed and unprimed epitopes on tau is unknown. To examine the phosphorylation of tau at primed and unprimed epitopes and how this impacts tau function, the R96A mutant of GSK3beta was used, a mutation that prevents phosphorylation of substrates at primed sites. Both GSK3beta and GSK3beta-R96A phosphorylated tau efficiently in situ. However, expression of GSK3beta-R96A resulted in significantly less phosphorylation of tau at primed sites compared with GSK3beta. Conversely, GSK3beta-R96A phosphorylated unprimed tau sites to a significantly greater extent than GSK3beta. Prephosphorylating tau with cdk5/p25 impaired the ability of GSK3beta-R96A to phosphorylate tau, whereas GSK3beta-R96A phosphorylated recombinant tau to a significantly greater extent than GSK3beta. Moreover, the amount of tau associated with microtubules was reduced by overexpression of GSK3beta but only when tau was phosphorylated at primed sites, as phosphorylation of tau by GSK3beta-R96A did not negatively regulate the association of tau with microtubules. These results demonstrate that GSK3beta-mediated phosphorylation of tau at primed sites plays a more significant role in regulating the interaction of tau with microtubules than phosphorylation at unprimed epitopes.
pubmed:grant
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
3
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Glycogen synthase kinase 3beta phosphorylates tau at both primed and unprimed sites. Differential impact on microtubule binding.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0017, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't