title: Phosphorylation of thymidylate synthase from various sources by human protein kinase CK2 and its catalytic subunits.
abstract: Thymidylate synthase (TS) was found to be a substrate for both catalytic subunits of human CK2, with phosphorylation by CK2alpha and CK2alpha' characterized by similar K(m) values, 4.6microM and 4.2microM, respectively, but different efficiencies, the apparent turnover number with CK2alpha being 10-fold higher. With both catalytic subunits, phosphorylation of human TS, like calmodulin and BID, was strongly inhibited in the presence of the regulatory subunit CK2beta, the holoenzyme being activated by polylysine. Phosphorylation of recombinant human, rat, mouse and Trichinella spiralis TSs proteins was compared, with the human enzyme being apparently a much better substrate than the others. Following hydrolysis and TLC, phosphoserine was detected in human and rat, and phosphotyrosine in T. spiralis, TS, used as substrates for CK2alpha. MALDI-TOF MS analysis led to identification of phosphorylated Ser(124) in human TS, within a sequence LGFS(124)TREEGD, atypical for a CK2 substrate recognition site. The phosphorylation site is located in a region considered important for the catalytic mechanism or regulation of human TS, corresponding to the loop 107-128. Following phosphorylation by CK2alpha, resulting in incorporation of 0.4mol of phosphate per mol of dimeric TS, human TS exhibits unaltered K(m) values for dUMP and N(5,10)-methylenetetrahydrofolate, but a 50% lower turnover number, pointing to a strong influence of Ser(124) phosphorylation on its catalytic efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fraczyk
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubiński
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masłyk
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cieśla
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hellman
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shugar
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rode
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D047390:Casein Kinase II / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D021122:Protein Subunits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase; D047390:Casein Kinase II