Using the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2.
<p>Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) has been implicated in the regulation of metabolic activity in cancer and immune cells, and affects whole-body metabolism by regulating ghrelinsignalling in the hypothalamus. This has led to efforts to develop specific CaMKK2 inhibitors,...
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| author | Gerner, L Munack, S Temmerman, K Lawrence-Dörner, A Besir, H Wilmanns, M Jensen, J Thiede, B Mills, I Morth, J |
| author_facet | Gerner, L Munack, S Temmerman, K Lawrence-Dörner, A Besir, H Wilmanns, M Jensen, J Thiede, B Mills, I Morth, J |
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| description | <p>Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) has been implicated in the regulation of metabolic activity in cancer and immune cells, and affects whole-body metabolism by regulating ghrelinsignalling in the hypothalamus. This has led to efforts to develop specific CaMKK2 inhibitors, and STO- 609 is the standardly used CaMKK2 inhibitor to date. We have developed a novel fluorescence-based assay by exploiting the intrinsic fluorescence properties of STO-609. Here, we report an in vitro binding constant of KD ~17 nM between STO-609 and purified CaMKK2 or CaMKK2:Calmodulin complex. Whereas high concentrations of ATP were able to displace STO-609 from the kinase, GTP was unable to achieve this confirming the specificity of this association. Recent structural studies on the kinase domain of CaMKK2 had implicated a number of amino acids involved in the binding of STO-609. Our fluorescent assay enabled us to confirm that Phe267 is critically important for this association since mutation of this residue to a glycine abolished the binding of STO-609. An ATP replacement assay, as well as the mutation of the ‘gatekeeper’ amino acid Phe267Gly, confirmed the specificity of the assay and once more confirmed the strong binding of STO-609 to the kinase. In further characterising the purified kinase and kinasecalmodulin complex we identified a number of phosphorylation sites some of which corroborated previously reported CaMKK2 phosphorylation and some of which, particularly in the activation segment, were novel phosphorylation events.</p> <br/> <p>In conclusion, the intrinsic fluorescent properties of STO-609 provide a great opportunity to utilise this drug to label the ATP-binding pocket and probe the impact of mutations and other regulatory modifications and interactions on the pocket. It is however clear that the number of phosphorylation sites on CaMKK2 will pose a challenge in studying the impact of phosphorylation on the pocket unless the field can develop approaches to control the spectrum of modifications that occur during recombinant protein expression in Escherichia coli.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:6d314936-2e81-4dc5-b23f-555efe0b00922022-03-26T19:16:14ZUsing the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6d314936-2e81-4dc5-b23f-555efe0b0092EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2016Gerner, LMunack, STemmerman, KLawrence-Dörner, ABesir, HWilmanns, MJensen, JThiede, BMills, IMorth, J<p>Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) has been implicated in the regulation of metabolic activity in cancer and immune cells, and affects whole-body metabolism by regulating ghrelinsignalling in the hypothalamus. This has led to efforts to develop specific CaMKK2 inhibitors, and STO- 609 is the standardly used CaMKK2 inhibitor to date. We have developed a novel fluorescence-based assay by exploiting the intrinsic fluorescence properties of STO-609. Here, we report an in vitro binding constant of KD ~17 nM between STO-609 and purified CaMKK2 or CaMKK2:Calmodulin complex. Whereas high concentrations of ATP were able to displace STO-609 from the kinase, GTP was unable to achieve this confirming the specificity of this association. Recent structural studies on the kinase domain of CaMKK2 had implicated a number of amino acids involved in the binding of STO-609. Our fluorescent assay enabled us to confirm that Phe267 is critically important for this association since mutation of this residue to a glycine abolished the binding of STO-609. An ATP replacement assay, as well as the mutation of the ‘gatekeeper’ amino acid Phe267Gly, confirmed the specificity of the assay and once more confirmed the strong binding of STO-609 to the kinase. In further characterising the purified kinase and kinasecalmodulin complex we identified a number of phosphorylation sites some of which corroborated previously reported CaMKK2 phosphorylation and some of which, particularly in the activation segment, were novel phosphorylation events.</p> <br/> <p>In conclusion, the intrinsic fluorescent properties of STO-609 provide a great opportunity to utilise this drug to label the ATP-binding pocket and probe the impact of mutations and other regulatory modifications and interactions on the pocket. It is however clear that the number of phosphorylation sites on CaMKK2 will pose a challenge in studying the impact of phosphorylation on the pocket unless the field can develop approaches to control the spectrum of modifications that occur during recombinant protein expression in Escherichia coli.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Gerner, L Munack, S Temmerman, K Lawrence-Dörner, A Besir, H Wilmanns, M Jensen, J Thiede, B Mills, I Morth, J Using the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2. |
| title | Using the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2. |
| title_full | Using the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2. |
| title_fullStr | Using the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2. |
| title_short | Using the fluorescent properties of STO-609 as a tool to assist structure-function analyses of recombinant CaMKK2. |
| title_sort | using the fluorescent properties of sto 609 as a tool to assist structure function analyses of recombinant camkk2 |
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