Journal
JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS
Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages 548-560Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.08.019
Keywords
VRK1; VRK2; Coilin; Ataxia; SMA; Neurodegeneration
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Funding
- JAE/CSIC
- Ministerio de Educacion, Ciencia e Innovacion [SAF2010-14935, CSD2007-0017]
- Junta de Castilla y Leon-Consejeria de Educacion [GR15, CSI006A11-2]
- CSIC [PA1003032]
- Kutxa-Fundacion Inbiomed
- Israel Science Foundation [1872/2008]
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Protein phosphorylation by kinases plays a central role in the regulation and coordination of multiple biological processes. In general, knowledge on kinase specificity is restricted to substrates identified in the context of specific cellular responses, but kinases are likely to have multiple additional substrates and be integrated in signaling networks that might be spatially and temporally different, and in which protein complexes and subcellular localization can play an important role. In this report the substrate specificity of atypical human vaccinia-related kinases (VRK1 and VRK2) using a human peptide-array containing 1080 sequences phosphorylated in known signaling pathways has been studied. The two kinases identify a subset of potential peptide targets, all of them result in a consensus sequence composed of at least four basic residues in peptide targets. Linear peptide arrays are therefore a useful approach in the characterization of kinases and substrate identification, which can contribute to delineate the signaling network in which VRK proteins participate. One of these target proteins is coilin; a basic protein located in nuclear Cajal bodies. Coilin is phosphorylated in Ser184 by both VRK1 and VRK2. Coilin colocalizes and interacts with VRK1 in Cajal bodies, but not with the mutant VRK1 (R358X). VRK1 (R358X) is less active than VRK1. Altered regulation of coilin might be implicated in several neurological diseases such as ataxias and spinal muscular atrophies. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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