title: Transient phosphorylation of tumor associated microtubule associated protein (TMAP)/cytoskeleton associated protein 2 (CKAP2) at Thr-596 during early phases of mitosis.
abstract: Tumor associated microtubule associated protein (TMAP), also known as cytoskeleton associated protein 2 (CKAP2) is a mitotic spindle-associated protein whose expression is cell cycle-regulated and also frequently deregulated in cancer cells. Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against TMAP/CKAP2 were produced: B-1-13 and D-12-3. Interestingly, the reactivity of mAb D-12-3 to TMAP/CKAP2 was markedly decreased specifically in mitotic cell lysate. The epitope mapping study showed that mAb D-12-3 recognizes the amino acid sequence between 569 and 625 and that phosphorylation at T596 completely abolishes the reactivity of the antibody, suggesting that the differential reactivity originates from the phosphorylation status at T596. Immunofluorescence staining showed that mAb D-12-3 fails to detect TMAP/CKAP2 in mitotic cells between prophase and metaphase, but the staining becomes evident again in anaphase, suggesting that phosphorylation at T596 occurs transiently during early phases of mitosis. These results suggest that the cellular functions of TMAP/CKAP2 might be regulated by timely phosphorylation and dephosphorylation during the course of mitosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-769, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Uk
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yong-Bock
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jung-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye-Rim
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Yeon-Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: Heung Tae
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joobae
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chang-Dae
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Kyeong-Man
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013912:Threonine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; C494575:CKAP2 protein, mouse; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D013912:Threonine; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
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