REGULATION BY PHOSPHORYLATION OF REVERSIBLE ASSOCIATION OF A MYRISTOYLATED PROTEIN-KINASE-C SUBSTRATE WITH THE PLASMA-MEMBRANE
REGULATION BY PHOSPHORYLATION OF REVERSIBLE ASSOCIATION OF A MYRISTOYLATED PROTEIN-KINASE-C SUBSTRATE WITH THE PLASMA-MEMBRANE
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DOI:
10.1038/351320a0
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发表时间:
1991-05-23
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
ADEREM, A
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作者:
THELEN, M;ROSEN, A;ADEREM, A
PROTEIN kinase C (PKC) transduces receptor-mediated signals by phosphorylating membrane-bound substrates which then act as effectors of specific cellular responses 1. The myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) is a specific PKC substrate which has been implicated in macrophage activation, neurosecretion and growth factor-dependent mitogenesis 2-5. Myristoylation of MARCKS is required for effective binding to the plasma membrane 6 where it colocalizes with PKC 7. Here we report that PKC-dependent phosphorylation displaces MARCKS from the membrane and that its subsequent dephosphorylation is accompanied by its reassociation with the membrane. This cycle of phosphorylation-dependent membrane attachment and detachment of a myristoylated protein represents a novel mechanism of reversible membrane targeting. As MARCKS is a calmodulin- and actin-binding protein (ref. 8, and J. Hartwig et al., manuscript submitted), the cycle of membrane attachment/detachment represents a mechanism through which PKC might reversibly regulate actin-membrane interaction.