Intrinsic disorder within AKAP79 fine-tunes anchored phosphatase activity toward substrates and drug sensitivity
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, United States
- University of California, San Diego, United States
- University of Washington, United States
- Florida State University, United States
Abstract
Scaffolding the calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase 2B (PP2B, calcineurin) focuses and insulates termination of local second messenger responses. Conformational flexibility in regions of intrinsic disorder within A-kinase anchoring protein 79 (AKAP79) delineates PP2B access to phosphoproteins. Structural analysis by negative-stain electron microscopy (EM) reveals an ensemble of dormant AKAP79-PP2B configurations varying in particle length from 160-240 Å. A short-linear interaction motif between residues 337-343 of AKAP79 is the sole PP2B-anchoring determinant sustaining these diverse topologies. Activation with Ca2+/calmodulin engages additional interactive surfaces and condenses these conformational variants into a uniform population with mean length 178 ± 17 Å. This includes a Leu-Lys-Ile-Pro sequence (residues 125-128 of AKAP79) that occupies a binding pocket on PP2B utilized by the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin. Live-cell imaging with fluorescent activity-sensors infers that this region fine-tunes calcium responsiveness and drug sensitivity of the anchored phosphatase.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- John D Scott
National Institutes of Health (1R01GM120553)
- David Veesler
National Institutes of Health (5R01DK105542)
- John D Scott
National Institutes of Health (4P01DK054441)
- John D Scott
National Institutes of Health (R01DK073368)
- Jin Zhang
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© 2017, Nygren et al.
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Intrinsic disorder within AKAP79 fine-tunes anchored phosphatase activity toward substrates and drug sensitivity
eLife 6:e30872.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.30872
