Journal
PLANT CELL REPORTS
Volume 30, Issue 8, Pages 1523-1531Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1064-4
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Arabidopsis; Calmodulin; Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPK); Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase (MKP); Phosphorylation
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- MOEST, Korea [R32-10148, 2010-0010607]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2010-0010607] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Arabidopsis MAP kinase phosphatase 1 (AtMKP1) is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPK) phosphatase family, which negatively regulates AtMPKs. We have previously shown that AtMKP1 is regulated by calmodulin (CaM). Here, we examined the phosphorylation of AtMKP1 by its substrate AtMPK6. Intriguingly, AtMKP1 was phosphorylated by AtMPK6, one of AtMKP1 substrates. Four phosphorylation sites were identified by phosphoamino acid analysis, TiO2 chromatography and mass spectrometric analysis. Site-directed mutation of these residues in AtMKP1 abolished the phosphorylation by AtMPK6. In addition, AtMKP1 interacted with AtMPK6 as demonstrated by the yeast two-hybrid system. Finally, the phosphatase activity of AtMKP1 increased approximately twofold following phosphorylation by AtMPK6. By in-gel kinase assays, we showed that AtMKP1 could be rapidly phosphorylated by AtMPK6 in plants. Our results suggest that the catalytic activity of AtMKP1 in plants can be regulated not only by Ca2+/CaM, but also by its physiological substrate, AtMPK6.
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