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Stimulation of the AMP-activated protein kinase leads to activation of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase and to its phosphorylation at a novel site, serine 398

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Browne, Gareth J., Finn, Stephen G., Proud, Christopher G.·2004·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Protein synthesis consumes a high proportion of the metabolic energy of mammalian cells, and most of this is used by peptide chain elongation. An important regulator of energy supply and demand in eukaryotic cells is the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). The rate of peptide chain elongation can be modulated through the phosphorylation of eukaryotic elongation factor (eEF) 2, which inhibits its activity and is catalyzed by a specific calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase termed eEF2 kinase. Here we show that AMPK directly phosphorylates eEF2 kinase, and we identify the major site of phosphorylation as Ser-398 in a regulatory domain of eEF2 kinase. AMPK also phosphorylates two other sites (Ser-78 and Ser-366) in eEF2 kinase in vitro. We develop appropriate phosphospecific antisera and show that phosphorylation of Ser-398 in eEF2 kinase is enhanced in intact cells under a range of conditions that activate AMPK and increase the phosphorylation of eEF2. Ser-78 and Ser-366 do not appear to be phosphorylated by AMPK within cells. Although cardiomyocytes appear to contain a distinct isoform of eEF2 kinase, it also contains a site corresponding to Ser-398 that is phosphorylated by AMPK in vitro. Stimuli that activate AMPK and increase eEF2 phosphorylation within cells increase the activity of eEF2 kinase. Thus, AMPK and eEF2 kinase may provide a key link between cellular energy status and the inhibition of protein synthesis, a major consumer of metabolic energy.

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Authors
Browne, G. J., Finn, S. G., & Proud, C. G.
Affiliations
University of Dundee (GB)
Corresponding author
Proud, Christopher G.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-03
Volume
279
Issue
13
Pages
12220-12231
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1983195734
Cited by
353
References
35
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • British Heart Foundation
  • Directorate for Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Keywords
AMPK, eEF2K, eEF2 kinase, eEF2 phosphorylation, translation elongation, protein synthesis regulation, cellular energy status, cardiomyocytes
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Cells, Cultured, Enzyme Activation, Glutathione Transferase, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Multienzyme Complexes, Peptides, Phosphorylation, Precipitin Tests, Serine, Time Factors, Immunoblotting, Blotting, Western, Mutagenesis, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, DNA, Complementary, Protein Isoforms, Myocytes, Cardiac, Rats, Elongation Factor 2 Kinase, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases

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