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A kinase that activates by occupancy

A kinase that activates by occupancy <h2>A kinase that activates by occupancy</h2> A kinase-dead Ire1 (right) is resuscitated by 1NM-PP1. Papa/AAAS A new output mode for a kinase is reported by Feroz Papa, Peter Walter, and colleagues (HHMI and University of California, San Francisco [UCSF], CA). They find that, for Ire1 kinase, the key to activation is not phosphotransfer but rather ligand binding in the kinase's nucleotide-binding site. Occupancy of that site restores function to a kinase-dead mutant of Ire1. The new findings just add to the uniqueness of the Ire1 pathway, which responds to unfolded proteins. “This pathway is really a sort of duckbilled platypus,” says Papa. “There have been so many surprises.” The response starts when unfolded proteins recruit chaperones away from Ire1; this is thought to expose a patch on Ire1 that mediates oligomerization. Transphosphorylation by Ire1 oligomers then somehow activates the RNase activity of Ire1, which excises an inhibitory intron from the HAC1 u mRNA. After tRNA ligase joins the mRNA fragments, the active Hac1 transcriptional activator can be produced. The new activation discovery began with an attempt to create a specific inhibitor of the Ire1 kinase. That inhibitor, 1NM-PP1, binds only mutant versions of Ire1 that have a redesigned http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Cell Biology Rockefeller University Press

A kinase that activates by occupancy

The Journal of Cell Biology , Volume 163 (3): 434 – Nov 10, 2003

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Rockefeller University Press
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© 2003 Rockefeller University Press
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0021-9525
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1540-8140
DOI
10.1083/jcb1633rr2
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Abstract

<h2>A kinase that activates by occupancy</h2> A kinase-dead Ire1 (right) is resuscitated by 1NM-PP1. Papa/AAAS A new output mode for a kinase is reported by Feroz Papa, Peter Walter, and colleagues (HHMI and University of California, San Francisco [UCSF], CA). They find that, for Ire1 kinase, the key to activation is not phosphotransfer but rather ligand binding in the kinase's nucleotide-binding site. Occupancy of that site restores function to a kinase-dead mutant of Ire1. The new findings just add to the uniqueness of the Ire1 pathway, which responds to unfolded proteins. “This pathway is really a sort of duckbilled platypus,” says Papa. “There have been so many surprises.” The response starts when unfolded proteins recruit chaperones away from Ire1; this is thought to expose a patch on Ire1 that mediates oligomerization. Transphosphorylation by Ire1 oligomers then somehow activates the RNase activity of Ire1, which excises an inhibitory intron from the HAC1 u mRNA. After tRNA ligase joins the mRNA fragments, the active Hac1 transcriptional activator can be produced. The new activation discovery began with an attempt to create a specific inhibitor of the Ire1 kinase. That inhibitor, 1NM-PP1, binds only mutant versions of Ire1 that have a redesigned

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The Journal of Cell BiologyRockefeller University Press

Published: Nov 10, 2003

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