Choline acetyltransferase: regulation and coupling with protein kinase and vesicular acetylcholine transporter on synaptic vesicles.
Both the membrane-bound choline acetyltransferase (MChAT) and soluble ChAT (SChAT) were found to be activated by ATP-mediated protein phosphorylation. ATP activation of MChAT but not SChAT was found to depend on the integrity of proton gradient of synaptic vesicles because conditions disrupting the proton gradient also abolished the activation of MChAT by ATP. Among the kinases studied, Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II is most effective in activation of MChAT. Transport of ACh into synaptic vesicles by vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) is also proton gradient-dependent; therefore we proposed that there is a functional coupling between ACh synthesis and its packaging into synaptic vesicles. This notion is supported by the following findings: first, the newly synthesized [3H]-ACh from [3H]-choline was taken up much more efficiently than the pre-existing ACh; second, ATP-activation of MChAT was abolished when VAChT was inhibited by the specific inhibitor vesamicol; third, the activity of ChAT was found to be markedly increased when neurons are under depolarizing conditions.
Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
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D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000494:pharmacology; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006096:Gramicidin / Q000494:pharmacology; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010880:Piperidines; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D006096:Gramicidin; C006189:vesamicol; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase; D011494:Protein Kinases; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002794:Choline