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  • Title: Phosphorylation of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor and eukaryotic initiation factor 2 by casein kinase II regulates guanine nucleotide binding and GDP/GTP exchange.
    Author: Singh LP, Arorr AR, Wahba AJ.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1994 Aug 09; 33(31):9152-7. PubMed ID: 8049218.
    Abstract:
    In mammalian cells, chain initiation factor (eIF) 2 and guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) play a major role in the regulation of polypeptide chain initiation. Since guanine nucleotide exchange is the rate-limiting step in the recycling of eIF-2, we examined the effects of phosphorylation of GEF and eIF-2 on guanine nucleotide binding and the rate of GDP/GTP exchange. Phosphorylation of the 82-kDa subunit of GEF in vitro by casein kinase (CK) II results in the stimulation of guanine nucleotide exchange [Dholakia, J. N., & Wahba, A. J. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85, 51-54]. CK-II also phosphorylates the beta-subunit of eIF2, but the significance of this phosphorylation has not previously been investigated. In this study we demonstrate that treatment of CK-II-phosphorylated GEF or eIF-2 with alkaline phosphatase specifically removes more than 85% of the phosphate incorporated into the factors and alters guanine nucleotide binding to these proteins. In the presence of 1 mM Mg2+, the amount of GTP bound to dephosphorylated GEF is reduced 3.8-fold as compared to that of the CK-II-phosphorylated GEF. Rephosphorylation with CK-II restores GTP binding and increases 4-5-fold the activity of GEF in the exchange of eIF-2-bound GDP for free GTP. On the other hand, the extent of GDP binding to dephosphorylated eIF-2 is increased 2.3-fold as compared to that to the isolated eIF-2. The rate of GEF-catalyzed exchange of dephosphorylated eIF-2-bound GDP for GTP is approximately 2-fold slower than that with the isolated eIF-2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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