TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulation of eIF-2 α-Subunit Phosphorylation in Reticulocyte Lysate
AU - Chakraborty, Arup
AU - Saha, Debabrata
AU - Bose, Avirup
AU - Chatterjee, Madhumita
AU - Gupta, Naba K.
PY - 1994/5/1
Y1 - 1994/5/1
N2 - An eIF-2 associated 67-kDa protein (p67) protects eIF-2 α-subunit from eIF-2 kinase(s) catalyzed phosphorylation and promotes protein synthesis in the presence of active eIF-2 kinase(s). p67 is a glycoprotein and contains multiple O-linked GlcNAc moieties. We have now studied the roles of hemin, p67, and the glycosyl residues on p67 in the regulation of eIF-2 α-subunit phosphorylation in reticulocyte lysates. The results are as follows: (i) Both hemin and p67 inhibited HRI (heme-regulated protein synthesis inhibitor) and dsI (double-stranded RNA activated protein synthesis inhibitor) catalyzed phosphorylation of eIF-2 α-subunit in vitro. However, only hemin, and not p67, inhibited casein kinase catalyzed phosphorylation of eIF-2 β-subunit, (ii) Only p67, and not hemin, inhibited eIF-2 α-subunit phosphorylation by eIF-2 kinase(s) in reticulocyte lysate. Significant eIF-2 α-subunit phosphorylation was observed even in the presence of hemin when p67 in the reticulocyte lysate was removed by treatment with p67 antibodies, (iii) Reticulocyte lysate contains a p67-deglycosylase in latent form, and hemin prevents activation of this deglycosylase. In the absence of hemin, this p67-deglycosylase is activated. Once activated in the absence of hemin, the activated deglycosylase deglycosylates p67, even in the presence of hemin. This inactivates p67 and allows eIF-2 kinase to phosphorylate eIF-2 α-subunit and inhibit protein synthesis. Protein synthesis in reticulocyte lysate is thus regulated by two novel cascades of covalent modifications: protein deglycosylation leading to protein phosphorylation.
AB - An eIF-2 associated 67-kDa protein (p67) protects eIF-2 α-subunit from eIF-2 kinase(s) catalyzed phosphorylation and promotes protein synthesis in the presence of active eIF-2 kinase(s). p67 is a glycoprotein and contains multiple O-linked GlcNAc moieties. We have now studied the roles of hemin, p67, and the glycosyl residues on p67 in the regulation of eIF-2 α-subunit phosphorylation in reticulocyte lysates. The results are as follows: (i) Both hemin and p67 inhibited HRI (heme-regulated protein synthesis inhibitor) and dsI (double-stranded RNA activated protein synthesis inhibitor) catalyzed phosphorylation of eIF-2 α-subunit in vitro. However, only hemin, and not p67, inhibited casein kinase catalyzed phosphorylation of eIF-2 β-subunit, (ii) Only p67, and not hemin, inhibited eIF-2 α-subunit phosphorylation by eIF-2 kinase(s) in reticulocyte lysate. Significant eIF-2 α-subunit phosphorylation was observed even in the presence of hemin when p67 in the reticulocyte lysate was removed by treatment with p67 antibodies, (iii) Reticulocyte lysate contains a p67-deglycosylase in latent form, and hemin prevents activation of this deglycosylase. In the absence of hemin, this p67-deglycosylase is activated. Once activated in the absence of hemin, the activated deglycosylase deglycosylates p67, even in the presence of hemin. This inactivates p67 and allows eIF-2 kinase to phosphorylate eIF-2 α-subunit and inhibit protein synthesis. Protein synthesis in reticulocyte lysate is thus regulated by two novel cascades of covalent modifications: protein deglycosylation leading to protein phosphorylation.
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U2 - 10.1021/bi00187a041
DO - 10.1021/bi00187a041
M3 - Article
C2 - 7911326
AN - SCOPUS:0028178517
SN - 0006-2960
VL - 33
SP - 6700
EP - 6706
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
IS - 21
ER -