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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 282, Issue 51, Pages 36820-36828Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M706817200
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- NIBIB NIH HHS [1 R01 EB001876] Funding Source: Medline
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The Na+/I- symporter (NIS)-mediated iodide uptake activity is the basis for targeted radioiodide ablation of thyroid cancers. Although it has been shown that NIS protein is phosphorylated, neither the in vivo phosphorylation sites nor their functional significance has been reported. In this study, Ser-43, Thr-49, Ser-227, Thr-577, and Ser-581 were identified as in vivo NIS phosphorylation sites by mass spectrometry. Kinetic analysis of NIS mutants of the corresponding phosphorylated amino acid residue indicated that the velocity of iodide transport of NIS is modulated by the phosphorylation status of Ser-43 and Ser-581. We also found that the phosphorylation status of Thr-577 may be important for NIS protein stability and that the phosphorylation status of Ser-227 is functionally silent. Thr-49 appears to be critical for proper local structure/conformation of NIS because mutation of Thr-49 to alanine, aspartic acid, or serine results in reduced NIS activity without alterations in total or cell surface NIS protein levels. Taken together, we showed that NIS protein levels and functional activity could be modulated by phosphorylation through distinct mechanisms.
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