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Nuclear translocation of doublecortin-like protein kinase and phosphorylation of a transcription factor JDP2

Authors
Nagamine, T., Nomada, S., Onouchi, T., Kameshita, I., Sueyoshi, N.
ID
ZDB-PUB-140513-445
Date
2014
Source
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications   446: 73-8 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Doublecortin, Doublecortin-like protein kinase, Hyperosmotic stress, Jun dimerization protein-2, Nuclear translocation
MeSH Terms
  • Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
  • Animals
  • Histones/metabolism
  • Osmotic Pressure
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism*
  • Recombinant Proteins/genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
  • Repressor Proteins/genetics
  • Repressor Proteins/metabolism*
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques
  • Zebrafish Proteins/chemistry
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
PubMed
24582561 Full text @ Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
Abstract
Doublecortin-like protein kinase (DCLK) is a microtubule-associated protein kinase predominantly expressed in brain. In a previous paper, we reported that zebrafish DCLK2 (zDCLK) was cleaved into two functional fragments; the N-terminal zDCLK(DC+SP) with microtubule-binding activity and the C-terminal zDCLK(kinase) with a Ser/Thr protein kinase activity. In this study, we demonstrated that zDCLK(kinase) was widely distributed in the cytoplasm and translocated into the nucleus when the cells were treated under hyperosmotic conditions with NaCl or mannitol. By two-hybrid screening using the C-terminal domain of DCLK, Jun dimerization protein 2 (JDP2), a nuclear transcription factor, was identified as zDCLK(kinase)-binding protein. Furthermore, JDP2 served as an efficient substrate for zDCLK(kinase) only when histone was present. These results suggest that the kinase fragment of DCLK is translocated into the nucleus upon hyperosmotic stresses and that the kinase efficiently phosphorylates JDP2, a possible target in the nucleus, with the aid of histones.
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