title: Phosphorylation Regulates Interaction of 210-kDa Myosin Light Chain Kinase N-terminal Domain with Actin Cytoskeleton.
abstract: High molecular weight myosin light chain kinase (MLCK210) is a multifunctional protein involved in myosin II activation and integration of cytoskeletal components in cells. MLCK210 possesses actin-binding regions both in the central part of the molecule and in its N-terminal tail domain. In HeLa cells, mitotic protein kinase Aurora B was suggested to phosphorylate MLCK210 N-terminal tail at serine residues (Dulyaninova, N. G., and Bresnick, A. R. (2004) Exp. Cell Res., 299, 303-314), but the functional significance of the phosphorylation was not established. We report here that in vitro, the N-terminal actin-binding domain of MLCK210 is located within residues 27-157 (N27-157, avian MLCK210 sequence) and is phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and Aurora B at serine residues 140/149 leading to a decrease in N27-157 binding to actin. The same residues are phosphorylated in a PKA-dependent manner in transfected HeLa cells. Further, in transfected cells, phosphomimetic mutants of N27-157 showed reduced association with the detergent-stable cytoskeleton, whereas in vitro, the single S149D mutation reduced N27-157 association with F-actin to a similar extent as that achieved by N27-157 phosphorylation. Altogether, our results indicate that phosphorylation of MLCK210 at distinct serine residues, mainly at S149, attenuates the interaction of MLCK210 N-terminus with the actin cytoskeleton and might serve to regulate MLCK210 microfilament cross-linking activity in cells.
authors.affiliation: Russian Cardiology Research and Production Center, Moscow, 121552, Russia. shirinsky@cardio.ru.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Vilitkevich
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Khapchaev
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kudryashov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nikashin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Schavocky
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lukas
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Watterson
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Shirinsky
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009154:Mutation; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase