title: Phosphorylation of a novel zinc-finger-like protein, ZPR9, by murine protein serine/threonine kinase 38 (MPK38).
abstract: We have identified previously a new murine protein serine/threonine kinase, MPK38, closely related to the sucrose-non-fermenting protein kinase family [Gil, Yang, Lee, Choi and Ha (1997) Gene 195, 295-301]. Using the C-terminal half of the putative human counterpart of MPK38, HPK38, as a bait in a yeast two-hybrid screen of a human HeLa cDNA library, it was discovered that the zinc-finger-motif-containing protein, termed zinc-finger-like protein 9 (ZPR9), bound both HPK38 and MPK38. In a co-expression assay, ZPR9 associated with MPK38 in vivo, and we showed that the ZPR9 is also phosphorylated by MPK38. In addition, ZPR9 physically interacts with itself in mammalian cells. The ZPR9 cDNA hybridized with a mRNA species of approx. 1.7 kb in Northern-blot analysis. The ZPR9 transcript was detected in all tissues examined, including lung, kidney, spleen,liver and brain. Co-expression of ZPR9 with MPK38 caused the accumulation of ZPR9 in the nucleus. These findings suggest a potentially important role for ZPR9 in MPK38-mediated signal transduction, and that ZPR9 is a physiological substrate of MPK38 in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Research Center for Bioresource and Health, Chungbuk National University, 48 Gaeshin-dong, Cheongju, Chungbuk 361-763, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: Minchan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Kyong-Tai
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyunjung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ha
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D019281:Dimerization; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C448990:ZNF622 protein, human; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; C484610:MELK protein, human; C108524:Melk protein, mouse; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases