PMID- 20347422 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100420 LR - 20220309 IS - 1097-4164 (Electronic) IS - 1097-2765 (Print) IS - 1097-2765 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Mar 26 TI - Postnatal deamidation of 4E-BP2 in brain enhances its association with raptor and alters kinetics of excitatory synaptic transmission. PG - 797-808 LID - 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.02.022 [doi] AB - The eIF4E-binding proteins (4E-BPs) repress translation initiation by preventing eIF4F complex formation. Of the three mammalian 4E-BPs, only 4E-BP2 is enriched in the mammalian brain and plays an important role in synaptic plasticity and learning and memory formation. Here we describe asparagine deamidation as a brain-specific posttranslational modification of 4E-BP2. Deamidation is the spontaneous conversion of asparagines to aspartates. Two deamidation sites were mapped to an asparagine-rich sequence unique to 4E-BP2. Deamidated 4E-BP2 exhibits increased binding to the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-binding protein raptor, which effects its reduced association with eIF4E. 4E-BP2 deamidation occurs during postnatal development, concomitant with the attenuation of the activity of the PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling pathway. Expression of deamidated 4E-BP2 in 4E-BP2(-/-) neurons yielded mEPSCs exhibiting increased charge transfer with slower rise and decay kinetics relative to the wild-type form. 4E-BP2 deamidation may represent a compensatory mechanism for the developmental reduction of PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling. CI - (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Bidinosti, Michael AU - Bidinosti M AD - Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada. FAU - Ran, Israeli AU - Ran I FAU - Sanchez-Carbente, Maria R AU - Sanchez-Carbente MR FAU - Martineau, Yvan AU - Martineau Y FAU - Gingras, Anne-Claude AU - Gingras AC FAU - Gkogkas, Christos AU - Gkogkas C FAU - Raught, Brian AU - Raught B FAU - Bramham, Clive R AU - Bramham CR FAU - Sossin, Wayne S AU - Sossin WS FAU - Costa-Mattioli, Mauro AU - Costa-Mattioli M FAU - DesGroseillers, Luc AU - DesGroseillers L FAU - Lacaille, Jean-Claude AU - Lacaille JC FAU - Sonenberg, Nahum AU - Sonenberg N LA - eng GR - P41 RR018522/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States GR - R01 GM066157/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - P41 RR018522-048661/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - 15121/CAPMC/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Cell JT - Molecular cell JID - 9802571 RN - 0 (Eif4ebp2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factors) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Brain/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factors/chemistry/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Kinetics MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Organ Specificity MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Protein Transport MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - *Synaptic Transmission PMC - PMC2861547 MID - NIHMS193241 EDAT- 2010/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2010/04/21 06:00 PMCR- 2010/09/26 CRDT- 2010/03/30 06:00 PHST- 2009/07/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/12/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/04/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/09/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1097-2765(10)00204-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.02.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell. 2010 Mar 26;37(6):797-808. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.02.022.