title: Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD34 targets protein phosphatase 1 alpha to the endoplasmic reticulum and promotes dephosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2.
abstract: The growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein, GADD34, associates with protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and promotes in vitro dephosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, (eIF-2 alpha). In this report, we show that the expression of human GADD34 in cultured cells reversed eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation induced by thapsigargin and tunicamycin, agents that promote protein unfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). GADD34 expression also reversed eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation induced by okadaic acid but not that induced by another phosphatase inhibitor, calyculin A (CA), which is a result consistent with PP1 being a component of the GADD34-assembled eIF-2 alpha phosphatase. Structure-function studies identified a bipartite C-terminal domain in GADD34 that encompassed a canonical PP1-binding motif, KVRF, and a novel RARA sequence, both of which were required for PP1 binding. N-terminal deletions of GADD34 established that while PP1 binding was necessary, it was not sufficient to promote eIF-2 alpha dephosphorylation in cells. Imaging of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-GADD34 proteins showed that the N-terminal 180 residues directed the localization of GADD34 at the ER and that GADD34 targeted the alpha isoform of PP1 to the ER. These data provide new insights into the mode of action of GADD34 in assembling an ER-associated eIF-2 alpha phosphatase that regulates protein translation in mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Brush
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: Shirish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shenolikar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D001665:Binding Sites; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000502:physiology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008387:Marine Toxins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011506:Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014415:Tunicamycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D015852:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2; D008387:Marine Toxins; D010080:Oxazoles; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011506:Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014415:Tunicamycin; D012694:Serine; D019284:Thapsigargin; C059041:calyculin A; C087519:PPP1R15A protein, human; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1