ArticleScientific reports2015
KA1-targeted regulatory domain mutations activate Chk1 in the absence of DNA damage.
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- Structural basis for recruitment of the CHK1 DNA damage kinase by the CLASPIN scaffold protein.Structure (London, England : 1993) · 2021Article
- An ATR and CHK1 kinase signaling mechanism that limits origin firing during unperturbed DNA replication.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Chk1 KA1 domain auto-phosphorylation stimulates biological activity and is linked to rapid proteasomal degradation.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Intramolecular autoinhibition of checkpoint kinase 1 is mediated by conserved basic motifs of the C-terminal kinase-associated 1 domain.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2017Article
- Molecular determinants of KA1 domain-mediated autoinhibition and phospholipid activation of MARK1 kinase.The Biochemical journal · 2017Article
- Coordinate action of distinct sequence elements localizes checkpoint kinase Hsl1 to the septin collar at the bud neck in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Molecular biology of the cell · 2016Article
- Conformational Change of Human Checkpoint Kinase 1 (Chk1) Induced by DNA Damage.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2016Article
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Abstract
The Chk1 protein kinase is activated in response to DNA damage through ATR-mediated phosphorylation at multiple serine-glutamine (SQ) residues within the C-terminal regulatory domain, however the molecular mechanism is not understood. Modelling indicates a high probability that this region of Chk1 contains a kinase-associated 1 (KA1) domain, a small, compact protein fold found in multiple protein kinases including SOS2, AMPK and MARK3. We introduced mutations into Chk1 designed to disrupt specific structural elements of the predicted KA1 domain. Remarkably, six of seven Chk1 KA1 mutants exhibit constitutive biological activity (Chk1-CA) in the absence of DNA damage, profoundly arresting cells in G2 phase of the cell cycle. Cell cycle arrest induced by selected Chk1-CA mutants depends on kinase catalytic activity, which is increased several-fold compared to wild-type, however phosphorylation of the key ATR regulatory site serine 345 (S345) is not required. Thus, mutations targeting the putative Chk1 KA1 domain confer constitutive biological activity by circumventing the need for ATR-mediated positive regulatory phosphorylation.
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