Journal
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 391, Issue -, Pages 87-93Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050887
Keywords
Akt; Akt substrate of 160kDa (AS 160); GTPase-activating protein (GAP); GLUT4; Rab
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK025336, DK025336, R56 DK025336] Funding Source: Medline
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Recently, we described a 160 kDa protein (designated AS 160, for Akt substrate of 160 kDa) with a predicted Rab GAP (GTPase-activating protein) domain that is phosphorylated on multiple sites by the protein kinase Akt. Phosphorylation of AS160 in adipocytes is required for insulin-stimulated translocation of the glucose transporter GLUT4 to the plasma membrane. The aim of the present study was to determine whether AS 160 is in fact a GAP for Rabs, and, if so, what its specificity is. We first identified a group of 16 Rabs in a preparation of intracellular vesicles containing GLUT4 by MS. We then prepared the recombinant GAP domain of AS 160 and examined its activity against many of these Rabs, as well as several others. The GAP domain was active against Rabs 2A, 8A, 10 and 14. There was no significant activity against 14 other Rabs. GAP activity was further validated by the finding that the recombinant GAP domain with the predicted catalytic arginine residue replaced by lysine was inactive. Finally, it was found by immunoblotting that Rabs 2A, 8A and 14 are present in GLUT4 vesicles. These results indicate that AS 160 is a Rab GAP, and suggest novel Rabs that may participate in GLUT4 translocation.
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