title: Phosphorylation of platelet pleckstrin activates inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase I.
abstract: Pleckstrin is the major substrate phosphorylated on serine and threonine in response to stimulation of human platelets by thrombin (Abrams, C. S., Zhao, W., Belmonte, E., and Brass, L. F. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 23317-23321). We now show that pleckstrin in platelets is in a complex with inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase I (5-phosphatase I). This enzyme hydrolyzes the 5-phosphate from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate and thus serves as a calcium signal-terminating enzyme, since the substrates but not the products mobilize intracellular calcium. Pleckstrin co-immunoprecipitates with 5-phosphatase I in homogenates of platelets. Platelet homogenates fractionated by anion exchange chromatography show co-elution of pleckstrin and 5-phosphatase I. Fractions containing phosphorylated pleckstrin have 7-fold greater 5-phosphatase activity than those containing unphosphorylated pleckstrin. Mixing experiments with recombinant 5-phosphatase I and pleckstrin in vitro show that they form a stoichiometric complex. A mutant form of pleckstrin, in which the serine and threonine residues that are phosphorylated by protein kinase C are substituted with glutamic acid (pseudophosphorylated pleckstrin), activates recombinant 5-phosphatase I 2-3-fold while native unphosphorylated pleckstrin does not stimulate the enzyme. Thus pleckstrin functions to terminate calcium signaling in platelets when it is phosphorylated by binding to and activating 5-phosphatase I.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Auethavekiat
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Majerus
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C039077:platelet protein P47; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases