title: Cloning and characterization of a novel mammalian PP2C isozyme.
abstract: PP2C is a structurally diversified protein phosphatase family with a wide range of functions in cellular signal transduction. A novel PP2C subtype, designated PP2Cdelta, was identified from a rat cDNA clone, which encodes a protein of 392 amino acid residues. While PP2Cdelta shares approximately 30% sequence identity in its catalytic domain with the mammalian PP2C, it lacks a 90-residue carboxyl-terminal sequence conserved in mammalian PP2C. Northern blot analysis showed that PP2Cdelta is widely expressed in rat tissues. The transcription of the PP2Cdelta gene was activated in response to stress, such as the addition of ethanol to the culture medium or UV irradiation of cells. Recombinant PP2Cdelta purified from bacteria exhibited a potent Mn2+-dependent serine/threonine phosphatase activity. Unlike other members of the PP2C family, the activity of PP2Cdelta was inhibited, rather than stimulated, by Mg2+. Transfection with PP2Cdelta resulted in inhibition of cell growth, precluding generation of stable 293 or CHO transfectants. Using a modified tetracycline-regulated PP2Cdelta-GFP dicistronic expression cassette, it was revealed that overexpression of PP2Cdelta blocked cell cycle progression and arrested cells at early S phase, resulting in inhibition of DNA synthesis and leading to cell death. These results suggest that PP2Cdelta plays a role in regulation of cell cycle progression via dephosphorylation of its substrates whose appropriate phosphorylation states might be crucial for cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute of Montreal, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4P 2R2.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quirion
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle; D016923:Cell Death; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C087358:PTC1 protein, S cerevisiae; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C