Activation of the checkpoint kinase Rad53 by the phosphatidyl inositol kinase-like kinase Mec1

Jia Lin Ma, Soo Jung Lee, Jimmy K. Duong, David F. Stern

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摘要

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad53, the ortholog of mammalian Chk2, is an essential protein kinase in DNA damage and DNA replication checkpoint pathways. Consecutive phosphatidyl inositol kinase-like kinase (PIKK)-dependent and PIKK-independent steps in activation of Rad53 are key steps for controlling and transmitting diverse downstream responses to DNA damage. However, these activities have not been demonstrated in vitro in defined systems. Here, we have shown that enzymatically dephosphorylated purified Rad53 autoactivates in vitro through a phosphorylation-dependent mechanism. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that autophosphorylation results in amore than 9-fold increase in protein kinase activity. Autophosphorylation was Rad53 concentration-dependent, indicating that the reaction follows an intermolecular mechanism. DNA damage induced oligomerization of a subset of Rad53 molecules in vivo. At low concentrations of Rad53, preincubation of Rad53 with immune complexes containing the Mec1/Ddc2 complex can activate Rad53 kinase activity. Our findings showed that Mec1/Ddc2 complexes can directly activate Rad53 through a phosphorylation-dependent mechanism, and more generally, supported the hypothesis that PIKKs regulate Chk2 orthologs through phosphorylation. Moreover, this work has substantiated a model for PIKK-independent amplification of Rad53 activation (and by extension, activation of other Chk2 orthologs) mediated by inter-Rad53 phosphorylation.

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頁(從 - 到)3954-3963
頁數10
期刊Journal of Biological Chemistry
281
發行號7
DOIs
出版狀態已出版 - 17 2月 2006

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