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Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) activation requires interaction with three domains of p35.

Abstract：

:Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5), in contrast to other members of the cyclin-dependent kinase family, is not activated by cyclins but instead is activated by complexing with neuron-specific activator molecules (p35, p39, and p67). The most effective activator of cdk5 both in vitro and in vivo is p35. We have taken a kinetic approach to study the interaction between p35, its various truncated forms, and cdk5 to understand better the mechanism of its activation. The cdk5 complexes formed with the truncated forms p25 and p21 produced similar maximum active kinase, whereas the cdk5 complexed with full-length p35 and a further truncated form spanning amino acid residues from 138 to 291, with approximate molecular weight of 16 kDa (p16), produced slightly less (80%) activation than p25. P16 was the smallest fragment of p35 that produced activation equal to or greater than that of full-length p35. By examination of further truncations of p16, we found that a small number of residues, 11 and 4 at the N- and C-termini, respectively, of p16, are essential for cdk5 activation. Further truncation, removing both essential N- and C-terminal domains, produces a peptide with markedly higher affinity for cdk5 compared with the peptides that retain either of these domains. Using these inactive truncated peptides as inhibitors, we examined the kinetics of activation. From these studies we conclude that activation involves at least three cdk5-interacting domains, one located at each end of p16 and at least one located in a central domain. The cdk5 activation process is slow: The second-order rate constant for p16 is about 1.2 microM(-1) hr(-1). On the basis of kinetic data, we suggest that cdk5 exists in two conformations. The inactive kinase conformation predominates in the absence of the activator. Activation occurs in two stages: a rapid and reversible interaction of cdk5 with its activator, which involves only one or two binding domains, followed by a slow stabilization of the active conformation as interaction with all three domains is achieved.

journal_name

J Neurosci Res

journal_title

Journal of neuroscience research

authors

Amin ND,Albers W,Pant HC

doi

10.1002/jnr.10116

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2002-02-01 00:00:00

pages

354-62

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eissn

0360-4012

issn

1097-4547

pii

10.1002/jnr.10116

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Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) activation requires interaction with three domains of p35.