Exp Mol Med.
2002 Dec;34(6):489-495.
Deoxyhypusine synthase is phosphorylated by protein kinase C in vivo as well as in vitro
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- 1Department of Biochemistry and Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Chinju, Korea. krkang@gaechuk.gsnu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Hematooncology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
- 3Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, U.S.A.
- 4Department of Ophthalmology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Chinju, Korea.
- 521C Eye Hospital, Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
- 6Biochemical Research Center of Oriental Medicine, Dong-eui University College of Oriental Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Abstract
- Deoxyhypusine synthase catalyzes the first step in the posttranslational synthesis of an unusual amino acid, hypusine, in the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) precursor protein. We earlier observed that yeast recombinant deoxyhypusine synthase was phosphorylated by protein kinase C (PKC) in vitro (Kang and Chung, 1999) and the phosphorylation rate was synergistically increased to a 3.5-fold following treatment with phosphatidylserine (P.Ser)/diacylglycerol (DAG)/ Ca2+, suggesting a possible involvement of PKC. We have extended study on the phosphorylation of deoxyhypusine synthase in vivo in different cell lines in order to define its role on the regulation of eIF5A in the cell. Deoxyhypusine synthase was found to be phosphorylated by endogenous kinases in CHO, NIH3T3, and chicken embryonic cells. The highest degree of phosphorylation was found in CHO cells. Moreover, phosphorylation of deoxyhypusine synthase in intact CHO cells was revealed and the expression of phosphorylated deoxyhypusine synthase was significantly diminished by diacyl ethylene glycol (DAEG), a PKC inhibitor, and enhanced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or Ca2+/DAG. Endogenous PKC in CHO cell and cell lysate was able to phosphorylate deoxyhypusine synthase and this modification is enhanced by PMA or Ca2+ plus DAG. Close association of PKC with deoxyhypusine synthase in the CHO cells was evident in the immune coprecipitation and was PMA-, and Ca2+/phospholipiddependent. These results suggest that phosphorylation of deoxyhypusine synthase was PKC-dependent cellular event and open a path for possible regulation in the interaction with eIF5A precursor for hypusine synthesis.
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