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- Filipiak, Kamila, et al.
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Human Protein Kinase CK2 Phosphorylates Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 and Inhibits its Activity
- 2014
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Ingår i: ChemBioChem. - : Wiley. - 1439-4227 .- 1439-7633. ; 15:13, s. 1873-1876
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) is involved in cancer development and is overexpressed in a variety of malignant tumors. MMP-2 activity is controlled mainly by transcription, proteolytic activation, and inhibition by endogenous inhibitors. It had previously been demonstrated that MMP-2 activity is also regulated by phosphorylation at several sites by protein kinase C. Here we demonstrate, by means of bioinformatics and biochemical and cellular assays, that protein kinase CK2 also acts as a modulator of MMP-2 activity. CK2 down-regulates MMP-2 in vitro, and inhibition of CK2 in human fibrosarcoma cells results in up-regulation of MMP-2. The discovery of the crosstalk between MMP-2 and CK2 opens the possibility of new combined anticancer therapies.
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- Fraczyk, Tomasz, et al.
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Phosphorylation of thymidylate synthase from various sources by human protein kinase CK2 and its catalytic subunits
- 2010
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Ingår i: Bioorganic chemistry (Print). - : Elsevier BV. - 0045-2068. ; 38:3, s. 124-131
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thymidylate synthase (TS) was found to be a substrate for both catalytic subunits of human CK2, with phosphorylation by CK2alpha and CK2alpha' characterized by similar K(m) values, 4.6microM and 4.2microM, respectively, but different efficiencies, the apparent turnover number with CK2alpha being 10-fold higher. With both catalytic subunits, phosphorylation of human TS, like calmodulin and BID, was strongly inhibited in the presence of the regulatory subunit CK2beta, the holoenzyme being activated by polylysine. Phosphorylation of recombinant human, rat, mouse and Trichinella spiralis TSs proteins was compared, with the human enzyme being apparently a much better substrate than the others. Following hydrolysis and TLC, phosphoserine was detected in human and rat, and phosphotyrosine in T. spiralis, TS, used as substrates for CK2alpha. MALDI-TOF MS analysis led to identification of phosphorylated Ser(124) in human TS, within a sequence LGFS(124)TREEGD, atypical for a CK2 substrate recognition site. The phosphorylation site is located in a region considered important for the catalytic mechanism or regulation of human TS, corresponding to the loop 107-128. Following phosphorylation by CK2alpha, resulting in incorporation of 0.4mol of phosphate per mol of dimeric TS, human TS exhibits unaltered K(m) values for dUMP and N(5,10)-methylenetetrahydrofolate, but a 50% lower turnover number, pointing to a strong influence of Ser(124) phosphorylation on its catalytic efficiency.
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