NDLI: Aurora-A site specificity: a study with synthetic peptide substrates

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Author	Ferrari, Stefano Marin, Oriano Pagano, Mario A. Flavio, Meggio Hess, Daniel Mahmoud, El-shemerly Krystyniak, Agnieszka Pinna, Lorenzo A.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	AurA (Aurora-A) is a ubiquitous protein kinase regulating entry into mitosis and shown to promote transformation upon overexpression. In order to gain information on the structural features determining its substrate specificity, we assayed human recombinant AurA on a variety of phosphoacceptor peptide substrates including a series of properly modified derivatives of the Kemptide (ALRRASLGAA). The data presented here show that AurA is a basophilic Ser/Thr protein kinase recognizing the consensus R/K/N-R-X-S/T-B, where B denotes any hydrophobic residue with the exception of Pro. We show that the presence of a Pro at position n+1 fully abrogates phosphorylation of the peptide substrate. Although the consensus for AurA is reminiscent of that of PKA (protein kinase A), it significantly differs from the latter for a much more stringent dependence on the hydrophobic residue at n+1 and for its tolerance of residues other than Arg at position n−3. Based on the finding that the peptide ALKRASLGAA is not a substrate of PKA while still providing a sensitive assay of AurA activity, we suggest that this peptide may be used for differential screening of the two kinases. We have further validated the AurA consensus by generating a peptide (APSSRRTT288LCGT) that comprises the main AurA autophosphorylation site and by showing that AurA phosphorylated this peptide exclusively at one site fulfilling its consensus (Thr288). Moreover, we show that AurA could autophosphorylate at Thr288 through an intermolecular mechanism of reaction and that, in vivo, PKA was not involved with Thr288 phosphorylation. The evidence obtained in the present study provides a rational tool for predicting AurA sites in potential substrates of physiological significance.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj20050343
Ending Page	302
Page Count	10
Starting Page	293
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02646021
e-ISSN	14708728
Journal	Biochemical Journal
Issue Number	Pt 1
Volume Number	390
Language	English
Publisher	Portland Press Ltd.
Publisher Date	2005-08-15
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Portland Press Ltd.
Subject Keyword	Cell Biology Biochemistry Molecular Biology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cell Biology Molecular Biology Biochemistry

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