Download MendeleyThe crystal structure of the active form of the C-terminal kinase domain of mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase 1.
Malakhova, M., D'Angelo, I., Kim, H.G., Kurinov, I., Bode, A.M., Dong, Z.(2010) J Mol Biol 399: 41-52
- PubMed: 20382163
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2010.03.064
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
3KN5, 3KN6 - PubMed Abstract:
Mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase 1 (MSK1) is a growth-factor-stimulated serine/threonine kinase that is involved in gene transcription regulation and proinflammatory cytokine stimulation. MSK1 is a dual kinase possessing two nonidentical protein kinase domains in one polypeptide. We present the active conformation of the crystal structures of its C-terminal kinase domain in apo form and in complex with a nonhydrolyzable ATP analogue at 2.0 A and 2.5 A resolutions, respectively. Structural analysis revealed substantial differences in the contacts formed by the C-terminal helix, which is responsible for the inactivity of other autoinhibited kinases. In the C-terminal kinase domain of MSK1, the C-terminal alphaL-helix is located in the surface groove, but forms no hydrogen bonds with the substrate-binding loop or nearby helices, and does not interfere with the protein's autophosphorylation activity. Mutational analysis confirmed that the alphaL-helix is inherently nonautoinhibitory. Overexpression of the single C-terminal kinase domain in JB6 cells resulted in tumor-promoter-induced neoplastic transformation in a manner similar to that induced by the full-length MSK1 protein. The overall results suggest that the C-terminal kinase domain of MSK1 is regulated by a novel alphaL-helix-independent mechanism, suggesting that a diverse mechanism of autoinhibition and activation might be adopted by members of a closely related protein kinase family.
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The Hormel Institute University of Minnesota, 801 16th Avenue NE, Austin, MN 55912, USA.
