Dobransky_2001_J.Biol.Chem_276_22244

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Title : Functional characterization of phosphorylation of 69-kDa human choline acetyltransferase at serine 440 by protein kinase C - Dobransky_2001_J.Biol.Chem_276_22244
Author(s) : Dobransky T , Davis WL , Rylett RJ
Ref : Journal of Biological Chemistry , 276 :22244 , 2001
Abstract :

Choline acetyltransferase, the enzyme that synthesizes the transmitter acetylcholine in cholinergic neurons, is a substrate for protein kinase C. In the present study, we used mass spectrometry to identify serine 440 in recombinant human 69-kDa choline acetyltransferase as a protein kinase C phosphorylation site, and site-directed mutagenesis to determine that phosphorylation of this residue is involved in regulation of the enzyme's catalytic activity and binding to subcellular membranes. Incubation of HEK293 cells stably expressing wild-type 69-kDa choline acetyltransferase with the protein kinase C activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate showed time- and dose-related increases in specific activity of the enzyme; in control and phorbol ester-treated cells, the enzyme was distributed predominantly in cytoplasm (about 88%) with the remainder (about 12%) bound to cellular membranes. Mutation of serine 440 to alanine resulted in localization of the enzyme entirely in cytoplasm, and this was unchanged by phorbol ester treatment. Furthermore, activation of mutant enzyme in phorbol ester-treated HEK293 cells was about 50% that observed for wild-type enzyme. Incubation of immunoaffinity purified wild-type and mutant choline acetyltransferase with protein kinase C under phosphorylating conditions led to incorporation of [(32)P]phosphate, with radiolabeling of mutant enzyme being about one-half that of wild-type, indicating that another residue is phosphorylated by protein kinase C. Acetylcholine synthesis in HEK293 cells expressing wild-type choline acetyltransferase, but not mutant enzyme, was increased by about 17% by phorbol ester treatment.

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Dobransky T, Davis WL, Rylett RJ (2001)
Functional characterization of phosphorylation of 69-kDa human choline acetyltransferase at serine 440 by protein kinase C
Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 :22244

Dobransky T, Davis WL, Rylett RJ (2001)
Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 :22244