title: Effect of tyrosine autophosphorylation on catalytic activity and subcellular localisation of homeodomain-interacting protein kinases (HIPK).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Homeodomain interacting protein kinases (HIPKs) function as modulators of cellular stress responses and regulate cell differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. The HIPK family includes HIPK1, HIPK2 and HIPK3, which share a similar domain structure, and the more distantly related HIPK4. Although HIPKs phosphorylate their substrates on serine or threonine residues, it was recently reported that HIPK2 depends on the autophosphorylation of a conserved tyrosine in the activation loop to acquire full catalytic activity and correct subcellular localization. In this study we addressed the question whether tyrosine autophosphorylation in the activation loop has a similar function in the other members of the HIPK family.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All HIPKs contained phosphotyrosine when expressed in HeLa cells. Catalytically inactive point mutants were not tyrosine-phosphorylated, indicating that HIPKs are dual-specificity protein kinases that autophosphorylate on tyrosine residues. HIPK point mutants lacking the conserved tyrosine residue in the activation loop showed reduced catalytic activity towards peptide and protein substrates. Analysis of these mutants revealed that HIPK1, HIPK2 and HIPK3 but not HIPK4 are capable of autophosphorylating on other tyrosines. Inhibition of tyrosine phosphatase activity by treatment with vanadate enhanced global phosphotyrosine content of HIPK1, HIPK2 and HIPK3 but did not affect tyrosine phosphorylation in the activation loop. Mutation of the activation-loop tyrosines resulted in a redistribution of HIPK1 and HIPK2 from a speckle-like subnuclear compartment to the cytoplasm, whereas catalytically inactive point mutants showed the same pattern of cellular distribution as the wild type proteins. In contrast, mutation of the activating tyrosine did not increase the low percentage of cells with extranuclear HIPK3. HIPK4 was excluded from the nucleus with no difference between the wild type kinase and the point mutants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results show that HIPKs share the mechanism of activation by tyrosine autophosphorylation with the closely related DYRK family (dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation regulated kinase). However, members of the HIPK family differ regarding the subcellular localization and its dependence on tyrosine autophosphorylation.
authors: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52057, Aachen, Germany. jan.van.der.laden@rwth-aachen.de.
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: van der Laden
authors: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52057, Aachen, Germany. usoppa@ukaachen.de.
authors: Ulf
authors: U
authors: Soppa
authors: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52057, Aachen, Germany. wbecker@ukaachen.de.
authors: Walter
authors: W
authors: Becker
mesh_terms: D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000502:physiology; D017354:Point Mutation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014443:Tyrosine; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
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