title: Phosphorylation switches specific for the cardiac isoform of myosin binding protein-C: a modulator of cardiac contraction?
abstract: Cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cardiac MyBP-C, cardiac C protein) belongs to a family of proteins implicated in both regulatory and structural functions of striated muscle. For the cardiac isoform, regulatory phosphorylation in vivo by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) upon adrenergic stimulation is linked to modulation of cardiac contraction. The sequence of human cardiac MyBP-C now reveals regulatory motifs specific for this isoform. Site-directed mutagenesis identifies a LAGGGRRIS loop in the N-terminal region of cardiac MyBP-C as the key substrate site for phosphorylation by both PKA and a calmodulin-dependent protein kinase associated with the native protein. Phosphorylation of two further sites by PKA is induced by phosphorylation of this isoform-specific site. This phosphorylation switch can be mimicked by aspartic acid instead of phosphoserine. Cardiac MyBP-C is therefore specifically equipped with sensors for adrenergic regulation of cardiac contraction, possibly implicating cardiac MyBP-C in cardiac disease. The gene coding for cardiac MyBP-C has been assigned to the chromosomal location 11p11.2 in humans, and is therefore in a region of physical linkage to subsets of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC). This makes cardiac MyBP-C a candidate gene for chromosome 11-associated FHC.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gautel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zuffardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freiburg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Labeit
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011817:Rabbits; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000099163:Myosin Binding Protein C
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009218:Myosins; D000099163:Myosin Binding Protein C