Phosphorylation releases constraints to domain motion in ERK2

Protein motions control enzyme catalysis through mechanisms that are incompletely understood. Here NMR ¹³C relaxation dispersion experiments were used to monitor changes in side-chain motions that occur in response to activation by phosphorylation of the MAP kinase ERK2. NMR data for the methyl side...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2014-02, Vol.111 (7), p.2506-2511
Main Authors: Xiao, Yao, Lee, Thomas, Latham, Michael Parker, Warner, Lisa Rose, Tanimoto, Akiko, Pardi, Arthur, Ahn, Natalie G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological Sciences
Catalysis
Chemical equilibrium
Dispersion
Enzyme Activation - physiology
Enzymes
Escherichia coli
Kinetics
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 - chemistry
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 - metabolism
Models, Molecular
Mutation
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nucleotides
Phosphorylation
Physiological regulation
Population dynamics
Protein Structure, Tertiary
Proteins
Rats
Spectroscopy
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Summary:Protein motions control enzyme catalysis through mechanisms that are incompletely understood. Here NMR ¹³C relaxation dispersion experiments were used to monitor changes in side-chain motions that occur in response to activation by phosphorylation of the MAP kinase ERK2. NMR data for the methyl side chains on Ile, Leu, and Val residues showed changes in conformational exchange dynamics in the microsecond-to-millisecond time regime between the different activity states of ERK2. In inactive, unphosphorylated ERK2, localized conformational exchange was observed among methyl side chains, with little evidence for coupling between residues. Upon dual phosphorylation by MAP kinase kinase 1, the dynamics of assigned methyls in ERK2 were altered throughout the conserved kinase core, including many residues in the catalytic pocket. The majority of residues in active ERK2 fit to a single conformational exchange process, with k ₑₓ ≈ 300 s ⁻¹ (k AB ≈ 240 s ⁻¹/ k BA ≈ 60 s ⁻¹) and p A/p B ≈ 20%/80%, suggesting global domain motions involving interconversion between two states. A mutant of ERK2, engineered to enhance conformational mobility at the hinge region linking the N- and C-terminal domains, also induced two-state conformational exchange throughout the kinase core, with exchange properties of k ₑₓ ≈ 500 s ⁻¹ (k AB ≈ 15 s ⁻¹/ k BA ≈ 485 s ⁻¹) and p A/p B ≈ 97%/3%. Thus, phosphorylation and activation of ERK2 lead to a dramatic shift in conformational exchange dynamics, likely through release of constraints at the hinge.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1318899111