PubMed: 19277525

Title
Assembly and structure of protein phosphatase 2A.
Journal
Science in China. Series C, Life sciences
Volume
52
Issue
None
Pages
135-46
Date
2009-02-01
Authors
Shi Y

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Two potent tumor-inducing toxins, okadaic acid (OA) and microcystin-LR (MCLR), specifically inhibit PP2A

Evidence 74b49cc92f

The structural feature that PME-1 binds directly to the PP2A active site, overlapping the binding sites for OA and MCLR, also explains why these phosphatase inhibitors blocked the methylesterase activity of PME-1

Evidence 31c5669563

The catalytic subunit of PP2A is the primary cellular target of OA

Evidence a41bcce7a4

PP2A plays a critical role in cellular physiology including cell cycle regulation, cell proliferation and death, development, cytoskeleton dynamics, cell mobility, and regulation of multiple signal transduction pathways

Evidence 2409ac15c3

PP2A functions by removing phosphate groups from substrate phosphoproteins

Evidence 9eafef5d52

A key function of PP2A is thought to dephosphorylate the hyperphosphorylated Tau protein

Evidence 37d16a719c

The PP2A core enzyme, upon initial incubation with various concentrations of PME-1, exhibited full Ser/Thr phosphatase activity and, only after prolonged incubation time, had substantial loss of the phosphatase activity

Evidence d7782020aa

Thus, PME-1 appears to exist in an inactive conformation in the absence of PP2A binding.

Evidence 76e6c5146e

Structural analysis of the heterotrimeric PME-1-PP2A complex showed that PME-1 is only activated upon binding to PP2A (Figure 4, left panel).

Evidence b5be95159f

Interestingly, although PME-1 is activated by PP2A binding, the catalytic subunit of PP2A is inactivated in this process, not just through demethylation but also by loss of the catalytic metal ions

Evidence d9a5259d63

A portion of cellular PP2A stably associated with PME-1 and was catalytically inactive [80]; intriguingly, this inactive portion of PP2A could be re-activated by PP2A phosphatase activator (PTPA), but not by LCMT1, ruling out the possibility that inactivation was solely caused by demethylation

Evidence db6e68f550

Furthermore, formation of a stable complex between PP2A and PME-1 likely blocks LCMT1-catalyzed methylation.

Evidence 966ab11883

Reversible methylation of PP2A is catalyzed by two highly conserved and PP2A-specific enzymes, leucine carboxyl methyltransferase (LCMT1)[21,33] and PP2A methylesterase (PME-1)[17] (Figure 1).

Evidence c0041e3953

PME-1 catalyzes removal of the methyl group, thus reversing the activity of LCMT1

Evidence 72f4d75f79

Recent evidence suggests a broader role for PME-1 than just being a demethylating enzyme for the catalytic subunit of PP2A

Evidence 2ee6e28223

Structural observations clearly indicate that PME-1 inactivates the phosphatase activity of PP2A

Evidence ed85027719

Structures of the PP2A core enzyme reveal that the catalytic subunit recognizes one end of the scaffold subunit through interactions with the conserved ridge of HEAT repeats 11–15

Evidence dc0bee175d

Previous studies suggested that carboxy-methylation of the catalytic subunit played an important role in the assembly of heterotrimeric PP2A holoenzymes in cells

Evidence 7cc18fb24f

This analysis suggests that at least two non-overlapping fragments of Tau, both within the microtubule-binding repeats, have the ability to interact with the acidic top face of the B subunit

Evidence e8ec14f96f

To gain full activity towards specific substrates, the PP2A core enzyme interacts with a variable regulatory subunit to form a heterotrimeric holoenzyme. The variable regulatory subunits consist of four families: B (also known as B55 or PR55), B′ (B56 or PR61), B′′ (PR48/PR72/PR130), and B′′′ (PR93/PR110), with at least 16 members in these families

Evidence 72b87a6295

Except the B′′′ subunits, direct interactions between the PP2A core enzyme and the regulatory subunits have been demonstrated

Evidence 1beae3aa74

Structure of the heterotrimeric PP2A holoenzyme involving a regulatory B subunit (Figure 2D) reveals how B subunit specifically recognizes the PP2A core enzyme and how it may facilitate substrate dephosphorylation

Evidence 0b4d7e8585

In fact, the B subunit is now known to contain multiple WD40 repeats [28], whereas B′′/PR72 is thought to contain two calcium-binding EF hands

Evidence c880739ddb

Unlike the PP2A holoenzyme involving the B′ subunit, B makes few interactions with the catalytic subunit

Evidence 92502fe89d

This analysis further suggests that the B subunit may form a relatively stable complex with the isolated scaffold subunit and does not seem to support the notion that the catalytic subunit is required for interaction between the scaffold and the B subunits

Evidence 648fa0ba5f

Previous investigations indicate that specific dephosphorylation of Tau appeared to be mediated by the B family of regulatory subunits

Evidence 2ca31ca902

The specificity in this in vitro system is quite robust, as evidenced by the observation that the PP2A core enzyme exhibited a lower activity to dephosphorylate the Tau protein than the PP2A holoenzyme involving the B subunit, but a higher activity than the holoenzyme involving the B′ subunit

Evidence 2221ec0303

In fact, competition experiments using recombinant proteins suggested that, compared to the unmethylated form, the methylated PP2A core enzyme exhibited a higher binding affinity for the B subunit

Evidence 011b0feb90

The scaffold subunit of PP2A contains 15 tandem repeats of a conserved 39-amino-acid sequence known as a HEAT (huntingtin-elongation-A subunit-TOR) motif

Evidence 6ac64080b6

First, conformational flexibility of the scaffold subunit is required for binding to the catalytic subunit and possibly other interacting proteins such as the regulatory subunits.

Evidence 2f4f5ca13b

Second, conformational flexibility of the scaffold subunit might be important for the phosphatase activity of the catalytic subunit

Evidence 35e65b0af9

For example, the PP2A holoenzyme involving the B′ family plays an essential role in cell-cycle progression, through direct interaction with the protein Shugoshin

Evidence fa8a88d354

The B′ regulatory subunit shows remarkable structural mimicry to the scaffold subunit and contains 8 HEAT-like repeats

Evidence 7a1a8bf972

For example, two regions of the B′ subunit were found to mediate interaction with the scaffold subunit of PP2A

Evidence e6628845c1

Furthermore, the B′ subunit makes significant interactions with the catalytic subunit of PP2A, which consequently strengthens the inter-subunit packing, making the resulting holoenzyme relatively compact and rigid (Figure 2B).

Evidence 0ea7367314

For example, the small tumor antigen derived from the DNA tumor viruses SV40 and polyoma viruses was shown to only interact with the PP2A core enzyme, but not the holoenzyme

Evidence 24028719b2

In addition, the methylated carboxy-terminus might help recruit assembly factors that actively promote assembly of the PP2A holoenzymes in cells.

Evidence 6189775c94

Intriguingly, changes in this peptide motif also affected interaction of the catalytic subunit with the alpha4 protein (α4), presumably through alteration of methylation[ 29], and led to a complex with distinct substrate specificity that is essential for cell survival

Evidence 9ac65da310

By contrast, several recent studies using purified, recombinant proteins showed that the methylation status of the catalytic subunit did not play a decisive role for the in vitro assembly of PP2A holoenzymes involving the B and B′ subunit

Evidence 520f0889c6

It had also been demonstrated that methylation levels of PP2A changed during a cell cycle, suggesting a critical role of methylation in cell cycle regulation

Evidence 2abcbec214

Upon hyperphosphorylation, the protein Tau has a strong tendency to polymerize into neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease

Evidence 4a7d01727f

Methylation of the carboxy-terminal Leu309 in a conserved TPDYFL309 motif of the catalytic subunit has been shown to enhance the affinity of the PP2A core enzyme for some, but not all, regulatory subunits

Evidence 0655c1b10f

Neither mutation of the carboxy-terminal Leu residue nor removal of the carboxy-terminal 14 amino acids of the catalytic subunit prevented formation of heterotrimeric holoenzymes involving the B or B′ subunits

Evidence 4dde02c9ee

Deletion of PTPA homologs in yeast, rrd1/rrd2, resulted in elevated levels of stable PP2A-PME-1 complexes, accompanied by decreased methylation

Evidence f1fc6ac81a

The important interactions mediated by Arg418 and Val533 (corresponding to Val545 in the β isoform) provide a plausible explanation to the biochemical finding that these mutations crippled binding to the catalytic subunit

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