RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unraveling PKA Isoform Specificity
JF Science's STKE
JO Sci. STKE
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP tw376
OP tw376
DO 10.1126/stke.4082007tw376
VO 2007
IS 408
A1 Vinson, Valda J.
YR 2007
UL http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/2007/408/tw376.abstract
AB Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a signal for cellular stress that, in mammalian cells, binds to cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) to activate diverse signaling pathways. Functional diversity is achieved partly by isoform diversity in the catalytic and regulatory (R) subunits of PKA. In particular, there are two main classes of regulatory subunit, type I and type II, that inhibit C in the absence of cAMP. To gain insight into the molecular basis for isoform diversity, Wu et al. have determined the structure of an RIIα holoenzyme and compared it to the previously determined structure of an RIα holoenzyme. The structure shows that the C subunit uses different docking motifs to interact with different inhibitors and shows how ATP differentially regulates the two holoenzymes. The insights may guide design of isoform-specific activators or antagonists for PKA. J. Wu, S. H. J. Brown, S. von Daake, S. S. Taylor, PKA type IIα holoenzyme reveals a combinatorial strategy for isoform diversity. Science 318, 274-279 (2007). [Abstract] [Full Text]