title: Mck1, a member of the glycogen synthase kinase 3 family of protein kinases, is a negative regulator of pyruvate kinase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: An interaction between the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein kinase Mck1 and pyruvate kinase (Pyk1) was detected by using the two-hybrid method. Purified Mck1 was able to phosphorylate purified Pyk1 on Ser in vitro. Pyruvate kinase activity was elevated in mck1 delta cells. Several of the phenotypes of mck1 delta mutants are similar to those observed in cells overexpressing PYK1. Co-overexpression of MCK1 suppressed all of the phenotypes associated with PYK1 overexpression. These results indicate that Mck1 negatively regulates pyruvate kinase activity, possibly by direct phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Brazill
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thorner
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D010641:Phenotype; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D038341:Glycogen Synthase Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; C068124:MCK1 protein, S cerevisiae