Structural highlights
Function
KGP2_HUMAN
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Membrane-bound cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) II is a key regulator of bone growth, renin secretion, and memory formation. Despite its crucial physiological roles, little is known about its cyclic nucleotide selectivity mechanism due to a lack of structural information. Here, we find that the C-terminal cyclic nucleotide binding (CNB-B) domain of PKG II binds cGMP with higher affinity and selectivity, compared to its N-terminal CNB (CNB-A) domain. To understand the structural basis of cGMP selectivity, we solved co-crystal structures of the CNB domains with cyclic nucleotides. Our structures combined with mutagenesis demonstrate that the guanine specific contacts at D412 and R415 of the alphaC-helix of CNB-B are crucial for cGMP selectivity and activation of PKG II. Structural comparison with the cGMP selective CNB domains of human PKG I and Plasmodium falciparum PKG (PfPKG) shows different contacts with the guanine moiety, revealing a unique cGMP selectivity mechanism for PKG II.
Structural Basis of Cyclic Nucleotide Selectivity in cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase II.,Campbell JC, Kim JJ, Li KY, Huang GY, Reger AS, Matsuda S, Sankaran B, Link TM, Yuasa K, Ladbury JE, Casteel DE, Kim C J Biol Chem. 2016 Jan 14. pii: jbc.M115.691303. PMID:26769964[1]
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References
- ↑ Campbell JC, Kim JJ, Li KY, Huang GY, Reger AS, Matsuda S, Sankaran B, Link TM, Yuasa K, Ladbury JE, Casteel DE, Kim C. Structural Basis of Cyclic Nucleotide Selectivity in cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase II. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jan 14. pii: jbc.M115.691303. PMID:26769964 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.691303