PMID- 10915792 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20001113 LR - 20220314 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 275 IP - 41 DP - 2000 Oct 13 TI - Identification of a common protein association region in the neuronal Cdk5 activator. PG - 31763-9 AB - Cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 (Cdk5) depends on the association with neuronal Cdk5 activator (Nck5a) for kinase activity. A variety of cellular proteins have been shown to undergo high affinity association with Nck5a, including three novel proteins, C42, C48, and C53 found by a yeast two-hybrid screen (Ching, Y. P., Qi, Z., and Wang, J. H. (2000) Gene 242, 285-294). The three proteins show competitive binding to Nck5a suggesting that they bind at a common site. The binding site has been mapped to a region of 26 amino acid residues (residues 145 to 170) at the N-terminal boundary of the kinase activation domain of Nck5a. This region of Nck5a contains an amphipathic alpha-helix whose hydrophobic face is involved in Cdk5 activation (Chin, K. T., Ohki, S, Tang, D., Cheng, H. C., Wang, J. H. , and Zhang, M. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 7120-7127). Several lines of evidence suggest that Nck5a interacts with the binding proteins at the hydrophilic face of the amphipathic alpha-helix. First, the Nck5a-(145-170) peptide can bind Cdk5 and Nck5a-binding proteins simultaneously. Second, the association of Nck5a-(145-170) to C48 can be markedly reduced by high ionic strength whereas the interaction between Nck5a and Cdk5 is not affected. Third, substitution of Glu(157) by glutamine in Nck5a-(145-170) abolishes the peptide's ability to bind to the three Nck5a-binding proteins without diminishing its Cdk5 binding activity. FAU - Wang, X AU - Wang X AD - Department of Biochemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China. FAU - Ching, Y P AU - Ching YP FAU - Lam, W H AU - Lam WH FAU - Qi, Z AU - Qi Z FAU - Zhang, M AU - Zhang M FAU - Wang, J H AU - Wang JH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (CDK5RAP2 protein, human) RN - 0 (CDK5RAP3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - 0 (neuronal Cdk5 activator (p25-p35)) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK5 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinases) RN - EC 2.8.- (CDK5RAP1 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Substitution/genetics MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Carrier Proteins/*metabolism MH - Cell Cycle Proteins MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Humans MH - *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Macromolecular Substances MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Osmolar Concentration MH - Peptide Fragments/metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Structure, Secondary MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins EDAT- 2000/08/01 11:00 MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01 CRDT- 2000/08/01 11:00 PHST- 2000/08/01 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/08/01 11:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(20)89250-3 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M004358200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2000 Oct 13;275(41):31763-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M004358200.