Yeast protein kinase Ptk2 localizes at the plasma membrane and phosphorylates in vitro the C-terminal peptide of the H+-ATPase

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Feb;1758(2):164-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.01.010. Epub 2006 Feb 8.

Abstract

Glucose triggers posttranslational modifications that increase the activity of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membrane H+-ATPase (Pma1). Glucose activation of yeast H+-ATPase results from the change in two kinetic parameters: an increase in the affinity of the enzyme for ATP, depending on Ser899, and an increase in the Vmax involving Thr912. Our previous studies suggested that Ptk2 mediates the Ser899-dependent part of the activation. In this study we find that Ptk2 localized to the plasma membrane in a Triton X-100 insoluble fraction. In vitro phosphorylation assays using a recombinant GST-fusion protein comprising 30 C-terminal amino acids of Pma1 suggest that Ser899 is phosphorylated by Ptk2. Furthermore, we show that the Ptk2 carboxyl terminus is essential for glucose-dependent Pma1 activation and for the phosphorylation of Ser899.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • Cell Membrane / enzymology
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Genes, Fungal
  • Glucose / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Mutation
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Proton-Translocating ATPases / genetics
  • Proton-Translocating ATPases / metabolism*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • PMA1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Proton-Translocating ATPases
  • Glucose