1uki is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens and Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
MK08_HUMAN Serine/threonine-protein kinase involved in various processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, transformation and programmed cell death. Extracellular stimuli such as proinflammatory cytokines or physical stress stimulate the stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAP/JNK) signaling pathway. In this cascade, two dual specificity kinases MAP2K4/MKK4 and MAP2K7/MKK7 phosphorylate and activate MAPK8/JNK1. In turn, MAPK8/JNK1 phosphorylates a number of transcription factors, primarily components of AP-1 such as JUN, JDP2 and ATF2 and thus regulates AP-1 transcriptional activity. Phosphorylates the replication licensing factor CDT1, inhibiting the interaction between CDT1 and the histone H4 acetylase HBO1 to replication origins. Loss of this interaction abrogates the acetylation required for replication initiation. Promotes stressed cell apoptosis by phosphorylating key regulatory factors including p53/TP53 and Yes-associates protein YAP1. In T-cells, MAPK8 and MAPK9 are required for polarized differentiation of T-helper cells into Th1 cells. Contributes to the survival of erythroid cells by phosphorylating the antagonist of cell death BAD upon EPO stimulation. Mediates starvation-induced BCL2 phosphorylation, BCL2 dissociation from BECN1, and thus activation of autophagy. Phosphorylates STMN2 and hence regulates microtubule dynamics, controlling neurite elongation in cortical neurons. In the developing brain, through its cytoplasmic activity on STMN2, negatively regulates the rate of exit from multipolar stage and of radial migration from the ventricular zone. Phosphorylates several other substrates including heat shock factor protein 4 (HSF4), the deacetylase SIRT1, ELK1, or the E3 ligase ITCH.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] JNK1 isoforms display different binding patterns: beta-1 preferentially binds to c-Jun, whereas alpha-1, alpha-2, and beta-2 have a similar low level of binding to both c-Jun or ATF2. However, there is no correlation between binding and phosphorylation, which is achieved at about the same efficiency by all isoforms.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway is regulated by JNK-interacting protein-1 (JIP1), which is a scaffolding protein assembling the components of the JNK cascade. Overexpression of JIP1 deactivates the JNK pathway selectively by cytoplasmic retention of JNK and thereby inhibits gene expression mediated by JNK, which occurs in the nucleus. Here, we report the crystal structure of human JNK1 complexed with pepJIP1, the peptide fragment of JIP1, revealing its selectivity for JNK1 over other MAPKs and the allosteric inhibition mechanism. The van der Waals contacts by the three residues (Pro157, Leu160, and Leu162) of pepJIP1 and the hydrogen bonding between Glu329 of JNK1 and Arg156 of pepJIP1 are critical for the selective binding. Binding of the peptide also induces a hinge motion between the N- and C-terminal domains of JNK1 and distorts the ATP-binding cleft, reducing the affinity of the kinase for ATP. In addition, we also determined the ternary complex structure of pepJIP1-bound JNK1 complexed with SP600125, an ATP-competitive inhibitor of JNK, providing the basis for the JNK specificity of the compound.
Structural basis for the selective inhibition of JNK1 by the scaffolding protein JIP1 and SP600125.,Heo YS, Kim SK, Seo CI, Kim YK, Sung BJ, Lee HS, Lee JI, Park SY, Kim JH, Hwang KY, Hyun YL, Jeon YH, Ro S, Cho JM, Lee TG, Yang CH EMBO J. 2004 Jun 2;23(11):2185-95. Epub 2004 May 13. PMID:15141161[17]
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↑Hu Y, Mivechi NF. Association and regulation of heat shock transcription factor 4b with both extracellular signal-regulated kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase and dual-specificity tyrosine phosphatase DUSP26. Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Apr;26(8):3282-94. PMID:16581800 doi:26/8/3282
↑Zhang L, Yang SH, Sharrocks AD. Rev7/MAD2B links c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase pathway signaling to activation of the transcription factor Elk-1. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Apr;27(8):2861-9. Epub 2007 Feb 12. PMID:17296730 doi:10.1128/MCB.02276-06
↑Murata T, Shinozuka Y, Obata Y, Yokoyama KK. Phosphorylation of two eukaryotic transcription factors, Jun dimerization protein 2 and activation transcription factor 2, in Escherichia coli by Jun N-terminal kinase 1. Anal Biochem. 2008 May 1;376(1):115-21. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.01.038. Epub 2008 , Feb 6. PMID:18307971 doi:10.1016/j.ab.2008.01.038
↑Wei Y, Pattingre S, Sinha S, Bassik M, Levine B. JNK1-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 regulates starvation-induced autophagy. Mol Cell. 2008 Jun 20;30(6):678-88. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.06.001. PMID:18570871 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2008.06.001
↑Nasrin N, Kaushik VK, Fortier E, Wall D, Pearson KJ, de Cabo R, Bordone L. JNK1 phosphorylates SIRT1 and promotes its enzymatic activity. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 22;4(12):e8414. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008414. PMID:20027304 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008414
↑Tomlinson V, Gudmundsdottir K, Luong P, Leung KY, Knebel A, Basu S. JNK phosphorylates Yes-associated protein (YAP) to regulate apoptosis. Cell Death Dis. 2010;1:e29. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2010.7. PMID:21364637 doi:10.1038/cddis.2010.7
↑Deng H, Zhang J, Yoon T, Song D, Li D, Lin A. Phosphorylation of Bcl-associated death protein (Bad) by erythropoietin-activated c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase 1 contributes to survival of erythropoietin-dependent cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2011 Mar;43(3):409-15. doi:, 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.11.011. Epub 2010 Nov 21. PMID:21095239 doi:10.1016/j.biocel.2010.11.011
↑Miotto B, Struhl K. JNK1 phosphorylation of Cdt1 inhibits recruitment of HBO1 histone acetylase and blocks replication licensing in response to stress. Mol Cell. 2011 Oct 7;44(1):62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.021. PMID:21856198 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.021
↑Hu Y, Mivechi NF. Association and regulation of heat shock transcription factor 4b with both extracellular signal-regulated kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase and dual-specificity tyrosine phosphatase DUSP26. Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Apr;26(8):3282-94. PMID:16581800 doi:26/8/3282
↑Zhang L, Yang SH, Sharrocks AD. Rev7/MAD2B links c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase pathway signaling to activation of the transcription factor Elk-1. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Apr;27(8):2861-9. Epub 2007 Feb 12. PMID:17296730 doi:10.1128/MCB.02276-06
↑Murata T, Shinozuka Y, Obata Y, Yokoyama KK. Phosphorylation of two eukaryotic transcription factors, Jun dimerization protein 2 and activation transcription factor 2, in Escherichia coli by Jun N-terminal kinase 1. Anal Biochem. 2008 May 1;376(1):115-21. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.01.038. Epub 2008 , Feb 6. PMID:18307971 doi:10.1016/j.ab.2008.01.038
↑Wei Y, Pattingre S, Sinha S, Bassik M, Levine B. JNK1-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 regulates starvation-induced autophagy. Mol Cell. 2008 Jun 20;30(6):678-88. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.06.001. PMID:18570871 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2008.06.001
↑Nasrin N, Kaushik VK, Fortier E, Wall D, Pearson KJ, de Cabo R, Bordone L. JNK1 phosphorylates SIRT1 and promotes its enzymatic activity. PLoS One. 2009 Dec 22;4(12):e8414. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008414. PMID:20027304 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008414
↑Tomlinson V, Gudmundsdottir K, Luong P, Leung KY, Knebel A, Basu S. JNK phosphorylates Yes-associated protein (YAP) to regulate apoptosis. Cell Death Dis. 2010;1:e29. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2010.7. PMID:21364637 doi:10.1038/cddis.2010.7
↑Deng H, Zhang J, Yoon T, Song D, Li D, Lin A. Phosphorylation of Bcl-associated death protein (Bad) by erythropoietin-activated c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase 1 contributes to survival of erythropoietin-dependent cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2011 Mar;43(3):409-15. doi:, 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.11.011. Epub 2010 Nov 21. PMID:21095239 doi:10.1016/j.biocel.2010.11.011
↑Miotto B, Struhl K. JNK1 phosphorylation of Cdt1 inhibits recruitment of HBO1 histone acetylase and blocks replication licensing in response to stress. Mol Cell. 2011 Oct 7;44(1):62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.021. PMID:21856198 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2011.06.021
↑Heo YS, Kim SK, Seo CI, Kim YK, Sung BJ, Lee HS, Lee JI, Park SY, Kim JH, Hwang KY, Hyun YL, Jeon YH, Ro S, Cho JM, Lee TG, Yang CH. Structural basis for the selective inhibition of JNK1 by the scaffolding protein JIP1 and SP600125. EMBO J. 2004 Jun 2;23(11):2185-95. Epub 2004 May 13. PMID:15141161 doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600212
