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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 428, Issue 11, Pages 2430-2445Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.009
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kinetics; NMR; phosphorylation; RS domain; SR protein
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Multisite phosphorylation is required for the biological function of serine arginine (SR) proteins, a family of essential regulators of mRNA splicing. These modifications are catalyzed by serine arginine protein kinases (SRPKs) that phosphorylate numerous serines in arginine serine-rich (RS) domains of SR proteins using a directional, C-to-N-terminal mechanism. The present studies explore how SRPKs govern this highly biased phosphorylation reaction and investigate biological roles of the observed directional phosphorylation mechanism. Using NMR spectroscopy with two separately expressed domains of SRSF1, we showed that several residues in the RNA-binding motif 2 interact with the N-terminal region of the RS domain (RS1). These contacts provide a structural framework that balances the activities of SRPK1 and the protein phosphatase PP1, thereby regulating the phosphoryl content of the RS domain. Disruption of the implicated intramolecular RNA-binding motif 2 RS domain interaction impairs both the directional phosphorylation mechanism and the nuclear translocation of SRSF1 demonstrating that the intrinsic phosphorylation bias is obligatory for SR protein biological function. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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