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Influence of Ser/Pro-rich domain and kinase domain of doublecortin-like protein kinase on microtubule-binding activity

Authors
Nagamine, T., Shimomura, S., Sueyoshi, N., and Kameshita, I.
ID
ZDB-PUB-110207-8
Date
2011
Source
Journal of biochemistry   149(5): 619-627 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
doublecortin, doublecortin-like protein kinase, microtubule-binding activity, microtubule-associated protein, Ser/Pro-rich domain
MeSH Terms
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Animals
  • Proline/metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • COS Cells
  • Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish/anatomy & histology
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism*
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism
  • Microtubules/metabolism*
  • Neuropeptides/genetics
  • Neuropeptides/metabolism
  • Serine/metabolism*
PubMed
21278387 Full text @ J. Biochem.
Abstract
Doublecortin-like protein kinase (DCLK) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase predominantly expressed in brain. DCLK is composed of three functional domains; the N-terminal doublecortin-like (DC) domain, the C-terminal kinase domain, and Ser/Pro-rich (SP) domain in between DC and kinase domains. Although the DC domain is known to mediate microtubule association, functional roles of the SP domain and the kinase domain on microtubule association is not known. In this study, we investigated the microtubule-binding activity of zebrafish DCLK (zDCLK) using various deletion mutants and chimeric proteins. The microtubule-binding activity of various mutants of zDCLK was assessed both by immunocytochemical analysis and by biochemical analysis using detergent extraction method. When the kinase domain was removed from zDCLK, the microtubule-binding activity was significantly enhanced. Although the zDCLK(DC+SP) mutant showed a strong microtubule-binding activity, the DC domain alone showed much lower microtubule-binding activity, indicating that the SP domain of zDCLK plays a role in enhancing microtubule-binding activity of the DC domain. These results suggest that both the kinase domain and the SP domain are involved in regulating the microtubule-binding activity of DCLK.
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