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Structural insight into the mechanism of synergistic autoinhibition of SAD kinases

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  • Jing-Xiang Wu

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science and Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University)

  • Yun-Sheng Cheng

    (State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jue Wang

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science and Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University)

  • Lei Chen

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science and Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University)

  • Mei Ding

    (State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jia-Wei Wu

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Protein Science and Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University)

Abstract

The SAD/BRSK kinases participate in various important life processes, including neural development, cell cycle and energy metabolism. Like other members of the AMPK family, SAD contains an N-terminal kinase domain followed by the characteristic UBA and KA1 domains. Here we identify a unique autoinhibitory sequence (AIS) in SAD kinases, which exerts autoregulation in cooperation with UBA. Structural studies of mouse SAD-A revealed that UBA binds to the kinase domain in a distinct mode and, more importantly, AIS nestles specifically into the KD-UBA junction. The cooperative action of AIS and UBA results in an ‘αC-out’ inactive kinase, which is conserved across species and essential for presynaptic vesicle clustering in C. elegans. In addition, the AIS, along with the KA1 domain, is indispensable for phospholipid binding. Taken together, these data suggest a model for synergistic autoinhibition and membrane activation of SAD kinases.

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  • Jing-Xiang Wu & Yun-Sheng Cheng & Jue Wang & Lei Chen & Mei Ding & Jia-Wei Wu, 2015. "Structural insight into the mechanism of synergistic autoinhibition of SAD kinases," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms9953
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9953
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