Nogo-B is a new physiological substrate for MAPKAP-K2
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- 10 October 2005
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 391 (2) , 433-440
Abstract
The neurite outgrowth inhibitor protein Nogo is one of 300 proteins that contain a reticulon homology domain, which is responsible for their association with the endoplasmic reticulum. Here we have found that the Nogo-B spliceform becomes phosphorylated at Ser107 in response to lipopolysaccharide in RAW264 macrophages or anisomycin in HeLa cells. The phosphorylation is prevented by SB 203580, an inhibitor of SAPK2a (stress-activated protein kinase 2a)/p38α and SAPK2b/p38β, and does not occur in embryonic fibroblasts generated from SAPK2a/p38α-deficient mice. Nogo-B is phosphorylated at Ser107 in vitro by MAPKAP-K2 [MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase)-activated protein kinase-2] or MAPKAP-K3, but not by other protein kinases that are known to be activated by SAPK2a/p38α. The anisomycin-induced phosphorylation of Ser107 in HeLa cells can be prevented by ‘knockdown’ of MAPKAP-K2 using siRNA (small interfering RNA). Taken together, our results identify Nogo-B as a new physiological substrate of MAPKAP-K2.Keywords
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