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Phosphorylation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) serine-511 by the combined action of tyrosine kinases and CK2: the implication of tyrosine-512 and phenylalanine-508.

Abstract
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) harbors, close to Phe-508, whose deletion is the commonest cause of cystic fibrosis, a conserved potential CK2 phospho-acceptor site (Ser511), which however is not susceptible to phosphorylation by CK2. To shed light on this apparent paradox, a series of systematically substituted peptides encompassing Ser511 were assayed for their ability to be phosphorylated. The main outcomes of our study are the following: (a) Tyr512 plays a prominent role as a negative determinant as its replacement by Ala restores Ser511 phosphorylation by CK2; (b) an even more pronounced phosphorylation of Ser511 is promoted if Tyr512 is replaced by phospho-tyrosine instead of alanine; (c) Tyr512 and, to a lesser extent, Tyr515 are readily phosphorylated by Lyn, a protein tyrosine kinase of the Src family, in a manner which is enhanced by the concomitant Phe508 deletion. Collectively taken, our data, in conjunction with the notion that Tyr515 is phosphorylated in vivo, disclose the possibility that CFTR Ser511 can be phosphorylated by the combined action of tyrosine kinases and CK2 and disclose a new mechanism of hierarchical phosphorylation where the role of the priming kinase is that of removing negative determinant(s).
AuthorsLuca Cesaro, Oriano Marin, Andrea Venerando, Arianna Donella-Deana, Lorenzo A Pinna
JournalAmino acids (Amino Acids) Vol. 45 Issue 6 Pg. 1423-9 (Dec 2013) ISSN: 1438-2199 [Electronic] Austria
PMID24178769 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • CFTR protein, human
  • Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
  • Tyrosine
  • Serine
  • Phenylalanine
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Casein Kinase II
Topics
  • Casein Kinase II (metabolism)
  • Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (chemistry, metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Phenylalanine (metabolism)
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases (metabolism)
  • Serine (metabolism)
  • Tyrosine (metabolism)

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