title: MYPT1 mutants demonstrate the importance of aa 888-928 for the interaction with PKGIalpha.
abstract: During nitric oxide signaling, type Ialpha cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKGIalpha) activates myosin light chain (MLC) phosphatase through an interaction with the 130-kDa myosin targeting subunit (MYPT1), leading to dephosphorylation of 20-kDa MLC and vasodilatation. It has been suggested that the MYPT1-PKGIalpha interaction is mediated by the COOH-terminal leucine zipper (LZ) of MYPT1 and the NH(2)-terminal LZ of PKGIalpha (HK Surks and ME Mendelsohn. Cell Signal 15: 937-944, 2003; HK Surks et al. Science 286: 1583-1587, 1999), but we previously showed that PKGIalpha interacts with LZ-positive (LZ+) and LZ-negative (LZ-) MYPT1 isoforms (13). Interestingly, PKGIalpha is known to preferentially bind to RR and RK motifs (WR Dostmann et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97: 14772-14777, 2000), and there is an RK motif within the aa 888-928 sequence of MYPT1 in LZ+ and LZ- isoforms. Thus, to localize the domain of MYPT1 important for the MYPT1-PKGIalpha interaction, we designed four MYPT1 fragments that contained both the aa 888-928 sequence and the downstream LZ domain (MYPT1FL), lacked both the aa 888-928 sequence and the LZ domain (MYPT1TR), lacked only the aa 888-928 sequence (MYPT1SO), or lacked only the LZ domain (MYPT1TR2). Using coimmunoprecipitation, we found that only the fragments containing the aa 888-928 sequence (MYPT1FL and MYPT1TR2) were able to form a complex with PKGIalpha in avian smooth muscle tissue lysates. Furthermore, mutations of the RK motif at aa 916-917 (R(916)K(917)) to AA decreased binding of MYPT1 to PKGIalpha in chicken gizzard lysates; these mutations had no effect on binding in chicken aorta lysates. However, mutation of R(916)K(917) to E(916)E(917) eliminated binding, suggesting that one factor important for the PKGIalpha-MYPT1 interaction is the charge at aa 916-917. These results suggest that, during cGMP-mediated signaling, aa 888-928 of MYPT1 mediate the PKGIalpha-MYPT1 interaction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Allison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Given
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogut
authors.forename: Frank V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Brozovich
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine; D002645:Chickens; D062965:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type I; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005895:Gizzard, Avian / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D008239:Lysine; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D001120:Arginine; D062965:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type I; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D008239:Lysine