PMID- 12130654 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20021113 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 277 IP - 39 DP - 2002 Sep 27 TI - In vivo and in vitro phosphorylation at Ser-493 in the glutamate (E)-segment of neurofilament-H subunit by glycogen synthase kinase 3beta. PG - 36032-9 AB - Neurofilament (NF), a major neuronal intermediate filament, is composed of three subunits, NF-L, NF-M, and NF-H. All three subunits contain a well conserved glutamate (E)-rich region called "E-segment" in the N terminus of the tail region. Although the E-segments of NF-L and NF-M are phosphorylated by casein kinases, it has not been observed in NF-H. Using mass spectrometric analysis, we identified phosphorylation of the E-segment of NF-H, prepared from rat spinal cords, at Ser-493 and Ser-501 in the Ser-Pro sequences. The E-segment kinase was isolated from rat brain extract using column chromatography and identified as glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) 3beta. GSK3beta was shown to phosphorylate at Ser-493 in vitro by phosphopeptide mapping and site-directed mutagenesis, and in vivo in HEK293 cells using the phospho-Ser-493 antibody, but did not phosphorylate Ser-501. GSK3beta preferred Ser-493 to the KSP-repeated sequences for phosphorylation sites in the NF-H tail domain. Moreover, Ser-493 was a better phosphorylation site for GSK3beta than other proline-directed protein kinases, Cdk5/p35 and ERK. GSK3beta in the spinal cord extract was associated with NF cytoskeletons. Taken together, we concluded that Ser-493 in the E-segment of NF-H is phosphorylated by GSK3beta in rat spinal cords. FAU - Sasaki, Takahiro AU - Sasaki T AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-ohsawa, Hachiohji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan. sasaki-takahiro@c.metro-u.ac.jp FAU - Taoka, Masato AU - Taoka M FAU - Ishiguro, Koichi AU - Ishiguro K FAU - Uchida, Atsuko AU - Uchida A FAU - Saito, Taro AU - Saito T FAU - Isobe, Toshiaki AU - Isobe T FAU - Hisanaga, Shin-Ichi AU - Hisanaga S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20020718 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Neurofilament Proteins) RN - 108688-71-7 (neurofilament protein H) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - 9DLQ4CIU6V (Proline) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (GSK3B protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Gsk3b protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK5 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cdk5 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.26 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3) RN - EC 3.4.- (Endopeptidases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Blotting, Western MH - Brain/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/metabolism MH - Cytoskeleton/metabolism MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Endopeptidases/metabolism MH - Glutamic Acid/metabolism MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/*metabolism MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta MH - Humans MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Neurofilament Proteins/*chemistry MH - Phosphorylation MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Proline/chemistry MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Rats MH - Serine/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Spinal Cord/metabolism MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2002/07/20 10:00 MHDA- 2002/11/26 04:00 CRDT- 2002/07/20 10:00 PHST- 2002/07/20 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/11/26 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/07/20 10:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(18)36568-2 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M206674200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2002 Sep 27;277(39):36032-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M206674200. Epub 2002 Jul 18.