PMID- 22422838 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121022 LR - 20220314 IS - 1362-4962 (Electronic) IS - 0305-1048 (Print) IS - 0305-1048 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 13 DP - 2012 Jul TI - The CDK5 repressor CDK5RAP1 is a methylthiotransferase acting on nuclear and mitochondrial RNA. PG - 6235-40 LID - 10.1093/nar/gks240 [doi] AB - The unusual cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 (CDK5) was discovered based on its sequence homology to cell cycle regulating CDKs. CDK5 was found to be active in brain tissues, where it is not involved in cell cycle regulation but in the regulation of neuronal cell differentiation and neurocytoskeleton dynamics. An aberrant regulation of CDK5 leads to the development of various neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease. Although CDK5 is not regulated by cyclins, its activity does depend on the association with a protein activator and the presence or absence of further inhibitory factors. Recently, CDK5RAP1 was discovered to inhibit the active CDK5 kinase. Here, we show that CDK5RAP1 is a radical SAM enzyme, which postsynthetically converts the RNA modification N6-isopentenyladenosine (i(6)A) into 2-methylthio-N6-isopentenyladenosine (ms(2)i(6)A). This conversion is surprisingly not limited to mitochondrial tRNA, where the modification was known to exist. Instead, CDK5RAP1 introduces the modification also into nuclear RNA species establishing a link between postsynthetic kinase-based protein modification and postsynthetic RNA modification. FAU - Reiter, Veronika AU - Reiter V AD - Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich 81377, Germany. FAU - Matschkal, Dorothea M S AU - Matschkal DM FAU - Wagner, Mirko AU - Wagner M FAU - Globisch, Daniel AU - Globisch D FAU - Kneuttinger, Andrea C AU - Kneuttinger AC FAU - Muller, Markus AU - Muller M FAU - Carell, Thomas AU - Carell T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120315 PL - England TA - Nucleic Acids Res JT - Nucleic acids research JID - 0411011 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Mitochondrial) RN - 20859-00-1 (2-methylthio-N-6-isopentenyladenosine) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - 7724-76-7 (Isopentenyladenosine) RN - 9014-25-9 (RNA, Transfer) RN - EC 2.8.- (CDK5RAP1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.8.1.- (Sulfurtransferases) SB - IM MH - Cell Nucleus/enzymology/genetics MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/analysis/*metabolism MH - Isopentenyladenosine/*analogs & derivatives/analysis/metabolism MH - Mitochondria/enzymology MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/analysis/*metabolism MH - RNA/chemistry/*metabolism MH - RNA, Mitochondrial MH - RNA, Transfer/chemistry/metabolism MH - Sulfurtransferases/*metabolism PMC - PMC3401430 EDAT- 2012/03/17 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/23 06:00 PMCR- 2012/03/15 CRDT- 2012/03/17 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/03/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gks240 [pii] AID - 10.1093/nar/gks240 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jul;40(13):6235-40. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks240. Epub 2012 Mar 15.