title: PHAS-I as a link between mitogen-activated protein kinase and translation initiation.
abstract: PHAS-I is a heat-stable protein (relative molecular mass approximately 12,400) found in many tissues. It is rapidly phosphorylated in rat adipocytes incubated with insulin or growth factors. Nonphosphorylated PHAS-I bound to initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) and inhibited protein synthesis. Serine-64 in PHAS-I was rapidly phosphorylated by mitogen-activated (MAP) kinase, the major insulin-stimulated PHAS-I kinase in adipocyte extracts. Results obtained with antibodies, immobilized PHAS-I, and a messenger RNA cap affinity resin indicated that PHAS-I did not bind eIF-4E when serine-64 was phosphorylated. Thus, PHAS-I may be a key mediator of the stimulation of protein synthesis by the diverse group of agents and stimuli that activate MAP kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Haystead
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pause
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belsham
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sonenberg
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D039642:Eukaryotic Initiation Factors; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C499527:Eif4ebp1 protein, mouse; C499526:Eif4ebp1 protein, rat; D039642:Eukaryotic Initiation Factors; D007328:Insulin; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C075833:eIF-4; D012694:Serine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1