title: Cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent phosphorylation of mammalian mitochondrial proteins: enzyme and substrate characterization and functional role.
abstract: A study is presented on cyclic adenosine monophosphate- (cAMP-) dependent phosphorylation of mammalian mitochondrial proteins. Immunodetection with specific antibodies reveals the presence of the catalytic and the regulatory subunits of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) in the inner membrane and matrix of bovine heart mitochondria. The mitochondrial cAMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylates mitochondrial proteins of 29, 18, and 6.5 kDa. With added histone as substrate, PKA exhibits affinities for ATP and cAMP and pH optimum comparable to those of the cytosolic PKA. Among the mitochondrial proteins phosphorylated by PKA, one is the nuclear-encoded (NDUFS4 gene) 18 kDa subunit of complex I, which has phosphorylation consensus sites in the C terminus and in the presequence. cAMP promotes phosphorylation of the 18 kDa subunit of complex I in myoblasts in culture and in their isolated mitoplast fraction. In both cases cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of the 18 kDa subunit of complex I is accompanied by enhancement of the activity of the complex. These results, and the finding of mutations in the NDUFS4 gene in patients with complex I deficiency, provide evidence showing that cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of the 18 kDa subunit of complex I plays a major role in the control of the mitochondrial respiratory activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biology, University of Bari, Piazza G.Cesare 70124 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Technikova-Dobrova
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sardanelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Speranza
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scacco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Signorile
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D042967:Electron Transport Complex I; D051379:Mice; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D042967:Electron Transport Complex I