title: Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase I inhibits neuronal nitric-oxide synthase activity through serine 741 phosphorylation.
abstract: We demonstrate here that neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) is phosphorylated and inhibited by a constitutively active form of Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase I (CaM-K I1-293). Substitution of Ser741 to Ala in nNOS blocked the phosphorylation and the inhibitory effect. Mimicking phosphorylation at Ser741 by Ser to Asp mutation resulted in decreased binding of and activation by CaM, since the mutation was within the CaM-binding domain. CaM-K I1-293 gave phosphorylation of nNOS at Ser741 in transfected cells, resulting in 60-70% inhibition of nNOS activity. Wild-type CaM-K I also did phosphorylate nNOS at Ser741 in transfected cells, but either CaM-K II or CaM-K IV did not. These results raise the possibility of a novel cross-talk between nNOS and CaM-K I through the phosphorylation of Ser741 on nNOS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Physiology, Kagawa University, Faculty of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kida-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hatano
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horii
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokumitsu
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokuda
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry; D054729:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 1; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D009154:Mutation; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012694:Serine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012694:Serine; C496320:NOS1 protein, human; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; C496322:Nos1 protein, rat; C517596:CAMK1 protein, human; D054729:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 1; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; C517599:Camk1 protein, rat; C517682:Pnck protein, rat; D000409:Alanine