Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27738173›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2016

Opposing effects of Elk-1 multisite phosphorylation shape its response to ERK activation.

Anastasia Mylona, Francois-Xavier Theillet, Charles Foster, Tammy M Cheng, Francesc Miralles, Paul A Bates, Philipp Selenko, Richard Treisman

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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8 authors.

Anastasia MylonaSignalling and Transcription Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Francois-Xavier TheilletIn-Cell NMR Laboratory, Department of NMR-Supported Structural Biology, Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP Berlin), Berlin, Germany.
Charles FosterSignalling and Transcription Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Tammy M ChengBiomolecular Modelling Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Francesc MirallesSignalling and Transcription Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, UK. Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK.
Paul A BatesBiomolecular Modelling Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Philipp SelenkoIn-Cell NMR Laboratory, Department of NMR-Supported Structural Biology, Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP Berlin), Berlin, Germany.
Richard TreismanSignalling and Transcription Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, UK. richard.treisman@crick.ac.uk.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 10748Cancer Research UK 15687Wellcome Trust FC001190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multisite phosphorylation regulates many transcription factors, including the serum response factor partner Elk-1. Phosphorylation of the transcriptional activation domain (TAD) of Elk-1 by the protein kinase ERK at multiple sites potentiates recruitment of the Mediator transcriptional coactivator complex and transcriptional activation, but the roles of individual phosphorylation events had remained unclear. Using time-resolved nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we found that ERK2 phosphorylation proceeds at markedly different rates at eight TAD sites in vitro, which we classified as fast, intermediate, and slow. Mutagenesis experiments showed that phosphorylation of fast and intermediate sites promoted Mediator interaction and transcriptional activation, whereas modification of slow sites counteracted both functions, thereby limiting Elk-1 output. Progressive Elk-1 phosphorylation thus ensures a self-limiting response to ERK activation, which occurs independently of antagonizing phosphatase activity.

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AnimalsEnzyme Activationets-Domain Protein Elk-1Gene Expression RegulationHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1MutagenesisNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularPhosphorylationProtein DomainsSerum Response Factorets-Domain Protein Elk-1Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Serum Response Factor

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PMID27738173
PMCPMC5321235

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