PMID- 30072381 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190405 LR - 20210205 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 293 IP - 38 DP - 2018 Sep 21 TI - The Ras-like GTPase Rem2 is a potent inhibitor of calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II activity. PG - 14798-14811 LID - 10.1074/jbc.RA118.003560 [doi] AB - Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a well-characterized, abundant protein kinase that regulates a diverse set of functions in a tissue-specific manner. For example, in heart muscle, CaMKII regulates Ca(2+) homeostasis, whereas in neurons, CaMKII regulates activity-dependent dendritic remodeling and long-term potentiation (LTP), a neurobiological correlate of learning and memory. Previously, we identified the GTPase Rem2 as a critical regulator of dendrite branching and homeostatic plasticity in the vertebrate nervous system. Here, we report that Rem2 directly interacts with CaMKII and potently inhibits the activity of the intact holoenzyme, a previously unknown Rem2 function. Our results suggest that Rem2 inhibition involves interaction with both the CaMKII hub domain and substrate recognition domain. Moreover, we found that Rem2-mediated inhibition of CaMKII regulates dendritic branching in cultured hippocampal neurons. Lastly, we report that substitution of two key amino acid residues in the Rem2 N terminus (Arg-79 and Arg-80) completely abolishes its ability to inhibit CaMKII. We propose that our biochemical findings will enable further studies unraveling the functional significance of Rem2 inhibition of CaMKII in cells. CI - (c) 2018 Royer et al. FAU - Royer, Leandro AU - Royer L AD - From the Department of Biology. FAU - Herzog, Josiah J AU - Herzog JJ AD - From the Department of Biology. FAU - Kenny, Katelyn AU - Kenny K AD - From the Department of Biology. FAU - Tzvetkova, Boriana AU - Tzvetkova B AD - From the Department of Biology. FAU - Cochrane, Jesse C AU - Cochrane JC AD - Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. FAU - Marr, Michael T 2nd AU - Marr MT 2nd AD - From the Department of Biology, mmarr@brandeis.edu. AD - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center. FAU - Paradis, Suzanne AU - Paradis S AD - From the Department of Biology, paradis@brandeis.edu. AD - Volen Center for Complex Systems, and. AD - National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454 and. LA - eng GR - R01 GM117034/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS065856/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 NS102661/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 EB009419/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180802 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (REM2 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Rem2 protein, mouse) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Cells, Cultured MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Hippocampus/cytology/enzymology/metabolism MH - Homeostasis MH - Humans MH - Learning MH - Long-Term Potentiation MH - Memory MH - Mice MH - Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*physiology MH - Neuronal Plasticity MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Substrate Specificity PMC - PMC6153278 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) OT - GTPase OT - RGK family OT - Rem2 OT - autophosphorylation OT - calcium OT - inhibitor OT - phosphorylation COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article EDAT- 2018/08/04 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/06 06:00 PMCR- 2019/09/21 CRDT- 2018/08/04 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/08/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/08/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)30875-9 [pii] AID - RA118.003560 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.RA118.003560 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2018 Sep 21;293(38):14798-14811. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.003560. Epub 2018 Aug 2.