Endoplasmic reticulum stress-inducible protein GRP94 is associated with an Mg2+-dependent serine kinase activity modulated by Ca2+ and GRP78/BiP

J Cell Physiol. 1997 Feb;170(2):115-29. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199702)170:2<115::AID-JCP3>3.0.CO;2-R.

Abstract

The 94-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP94) is a glycoprotein in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It has been characterized as a Ca2+-binding protein and a molecular chaperone. In this report we show that highly purified GRP94 exhibits an active Mg2+-dependent serine kinase activity (termed 94-kinase). The 94-kinase can be recovered from ER membrane fractions and is able to phosphorylate both the constitutive and stress-induced forms of GRP94, correlating with their induction kinetics. The 94-kinase activity is distinct from casein kinase II. In contrast to the heat-stable, Ca2+-dependent autophosphorylation activity recently reported for GRP94, the labile 94-kinase activity is inhibited by Ca2+. We determined that the phosphopeptide map of in vitro phosphorylated GRP94 by the 94-kinase resembles that of the in vivo phosphorylated GRP94. Further, the 94-kinase activity can be specifically stimulated by GRP78, a coregulated protein in the ER known to interact with GRP94.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Calcium / pharmacology*
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Line
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism*
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Kidney
  • Leukemia, Myeloid
  • Magnesium / pharmacology*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Chaperones / metabolism*
  • Peptide Mapping
  • Phosphopeptides / chemistry
  • Phosphopeptides / isolation & purification
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Rats
  • Subcellular Fractions / metabolism

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • HSPA5 protein, human
  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Phosphopeptides
  • glucose-regulated proteins
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Magnesium
  • Calcium