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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 356, Issue 1-2, Pages 241-244Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-011-0952-9
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CK2 alpha; eIF5A; Intracellular transport; Phosphorylation of Ser2
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Alignment of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A) sequences has shown, for plants, in contrast to most other eukaryotes, the presence of N-terminal serine residue (Ser2) which could be phosphorylated by CK2. Using point directed mutagenesis, we demonstrate here that in recombinant maize ZmeIF5Awt Ser2 is exclusively phosphorylated by catalytic subunit of CK2 (CK2 alpha), whereas its mutated variant Ser2Ala is not phosphorylated. To shed light on the physiological significance of this Ser2 phosphorylation, transient expression of fluorescence-labeled proteins was performed in maize protoplast. Wild-type ZmeIF5A was distributed evenly between nucleus and cytoplasm, but the replacement of Ser2 by aspartic acid, which mimics the phosphorylated serine, influences its intracellular localization. We postulate that phosphorylation of Ser2 in maize eIF5A, and most probably in other plant cells, plays a role in specific regulation of nuclear export of eIF5A-bound mRNAs.
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