Domain analysis of a groundnut calcium-dependent protein kinase: nuclear localization sequence in the junction domain is coupled with nonconsensus calcium binding domains

Raichaudhuri, Ayan ; Bhattacharyya, Rajasri ; Chaudhuri, Shubho ; Chakrabarti, Pinak ; DasGupta, Maitrayee (2006) Domain analysis of a groundnut calcium-dependent protein kinase: nuclear localization sequence in the junction domain is coupled with nonconsensus calcium binding domains Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (15). pp. 10399-10409. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

The signature of calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) is a C-terminal calmodulin-like domain (CaMLD) with four consensus calcium-binding sites. A junction domain (JD) joins the kinase with CaMLD and interacts with them through its autoinhibitory and CaMLD binding subdomains, respectively. We noted several CDPKs additionally have a bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) sequence as a subdomain in their JD, and this feature is obligatorily coupled with the absence of consensus calcium-binding sites in their respective CaMLDs. These predicted features are substantiated by undertaking investigations on a CDPK (gi:67479988) isolated from cultured groundnut (Arachis hypogea) cells. This kinase can bind 3.1 mol of Ca2+ under saturating conditions with a considerably high Kd of 392 μm as compared with its canonical counterparts. CD spectroscopic analysis, however, indicates the intramolecular structural changes accompanied with calcium binding to be similar to canonical CDPKs. Attesting to the presence of NLS in the JD, the endogenous kinase is localized in the nucleus of osmotically stressed Arachis cells, and in vitro binding assays indicate the NLS in the JD to interact with nuclear transport factors of the importin family. Homology modeling also indicates the feasibility of interaction of importins with the NLS present in the JD of such CDPKs in their activated form. The possible significance of obligatory coupling between the presence of NLS in the junction domain and atypical calcium binding properties of these CDPKs is discussed in the light of the known mechanisms of activation of these kinases.

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