title: Molecular characterization of an anchor protein (AKAPCE) that binds the RI subunit (RCE) of type I protein kinase A from Caenorhabditis elegans.
abstract: Classical A kinase anchor proteins (AKAPs) preferentially tether type II protein kinase A (PKAII) isoforms to sites in the cytoskeleton and organelles. It is not known if distinct proteins selectively sequester regulatory (R) subunits of type I PKAs, thereby diversifying functions of these critical enzymes. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a single type I PKA mediates all aspects of cAMP signaling. We have discovered a cDNA that encodes a binding protein (AKAPCE) for the regulatory subunit (RCE) of C. elegans PKAICE. AKAPCE is a novel, highly acidic RING finger protein composed of 1,280 amino acids. It binds RI-like RCE with high affinity and neither RIIalpha nor RIIbeta competitively inhibits formation of AKAPCE.RCE complexes. The RCE-binding site was mapped to a segment of 20 amino acids in an N-terminal region of AKAPCE. Several hydrophobic residues in the binding site align with essential Leu and Ile residues in the RII-selective tethering domain of prototypic mammalian AKAPs. However, the RCE-binding region in AKAPCE diverges sharply from consensus RII-binding sites by inclusion of three aromatic amino acids, exclusion of a highly conserved Leu or Ile at position 8 and replacement of C-terminal hydrophobic amino acids with basic residues. AKAPCE.RCE complexes accumulate in intact cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Atran Laboratories, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Angelo
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D054746:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type II; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000235:genetics; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins; C112944:A kinase anchor protein (kap-1), C elegans; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000906:Antibodies; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D054746:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type II; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases