Allosteric cooperativity in protein kinase A

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jan 15;105(2):506-11. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709214104. Epub 2008 Jan 4.

Abstract

Allosteric signaling in proteins requires long-range communication mediated by highly conserved residues, often triggered by ligand binding. In this article, we map the allosteric network in the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A using NMR spectroscopy. We show that positive allosteric cooperativity is generated by nucleotide and substrate binding during the transitions through the major conformational states: apo, intermediate, and closed. The allosteric network is disrupted by a single site mutation (Y204A), which also decouples the cooperativity of ligand binding. Because protein kinase A is the prototype for the entire kinome, these findings may serve as a paradigm for describing long-range coupling in other protein kinases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate
  • Allosteric Site
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit / chemistry
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / chemistry*
  • Kinetics
  • Ligands
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Nucleotides / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit
  • Ligands
  • Nucleotides
  • Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases