Protein Kinase CK2 Phosphorylates the High Mobility Group Domain Protein SSRP1, Inducing the Recognition of UV-damaged DNA
The structure-specific recognition protein SSRP1 plays a role in transcription and replication in the chromatin context. Mediated by its C-terminal high mobility group (HMG) box domain, SSRP1 binds DNA non-sequence specifically but recognizes certain DNA structures. Using acetic acid urea polyacryla...
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Published in | The Journal of biological chemistry Vol. 278; no. 15; pp. 12710 - 12715 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
11.04.2003
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Summary: | The structure-specific recognition protein SSRP1 plays a role in transcription and replication in the chromatin context. Mediated
by its C-terminal high mobility group (HMG) box domain, SSRP1 binds DNA non-sequence specifically but recognizes certain DNA
structures. Using acetic acid urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, we have examined the phosphorylation
of maize SSRP1 by protein kinase CK2α. The kinase phosphorylated several amino acid residues in the C-terminal part of the
SSRP1 protein. Two phosphorylation sites were mapped in the very C-terminal region next to the HMG box domain, and about seven
sites are localized within the acidic domain. Circular dichroism showed that the phosphorylation of the two C-terminal sites
by CK2α resulted in a structural change in the region of HMG box domain, because the negative peak of the CD spectrum at 222
nm was decreased by â¼10%. In parallel, the phosphorylation induced the recognition of UV-damaged DNA, whereas the non-phosphorylated
protein does not discriminate between UV-damaged DNA and control DNA. The affinity of CK2α-phosphorylated SSRP1 for the DNA
correlates with the degree of UV-induced DNA damage. Moreover, maize SSRP1 can restore the increased UV-sensitivity of a yeast
strain lacking the NHP6A/B HMG domain proteins to levels of the control strain. Collectively, these findings indicate a role
for SSRP1 in the UV response of eukaryotic cells. |
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ISSN: | 0021-9258 1083-351X |
DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.M300250200 |