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Role of Translocation in the Activation and Function of Protein Kinase B

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Andjelkovic, Mirjana, Alessi, Dario R., Meier, Roger, Fernandez, Anne, Lamb, Ned J.C., Frech, Matthias, Cron, Peter, Cohen, Philip +2 more·1997·Journal of Biological Chemistry

Abstract

We have investigated the role of subcellular localization in the regulation of protein kinase B (PKB) activation. The myristoylation/palmitylation motif from the Lck tyrosine kinase was attached to the N terminus of protein kinase B to alter its subcellular location. Myristoylated/palmitylated (m/p)-PKBalpha was associated with the plasma membrane of transfected cells, whereas the wild-type kinase was mostly cytosolic. The activity of m/p-PKBalpha was 60-fold higher compared with the unstimulated wild-type enzyme, and could not be stimulated further by growth factors or phosphatase inhibitors. In vivo 32P labeling and mutagenesis demonstrated that m/p-PKBalpha activity was due to phosphorylation on Thr308 and Ser473, that are normally induced on PKB following stimulation of the cells with insulin or insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). A dominant negative form of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-K) did not affect m/p-PKBalpha activity. The pleckstrin homology (PH) domain of m/p-PKBalpha was not required for its activation or phosphorylation on Thr308 and Ser473, suggesting that this domain may serve as a membrane-targeting module. Consistent with this view, PKBalpha was translocated to the plasma membrane within minutes after stimulation with IGF-1. This translocation required the PH domain and was sensitive to wortmannin. Our results indicate that PI3-K activity is required for translocation of PKB to the plasma membrane, where its activation occurs through phosphorylation of the same sites that are induced by insulin or IGF-1. Following activation the kinase detached from the membrane and translocated to the nucleus.

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Andjelkovic, M., Alessi, D. R., Meier, R., Fernandez, A., Lamb, N. J. C., Frech, M., Cron, P., Cohen, P., Lucocq, J. M., & Hemmings, B. A.
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  • University of Dundee (GB)
  • Friedrich Miescher Institute (CH)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Hemmings, Brian A.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1997-12
Volume
272
Issue
50
Pages
31515-31524
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2064242629
Cited by
1,051
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53
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16.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
Akt, subcellular translocation, membrane translocation, myristoylation, palmitoylation, Lck tyrosine kinase, pleckstrin homology domain, PI3-kinase, Ser473 phosphorylation, insulin signaling, IGF-1 signaling, wortmannin, nuclear translocation, plasma membrane
MeSH terms
Biological Transport, Cell Membrane, Cells, Cultured, Chromones, Enzyme Activation, Enzyme Inhibitors, Humans, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, Morpholines, Phosphorylation, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Serine, Threonine, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Amino Acid Substitution, Protein Sorting Signals, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

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