PMID- 10069453 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990311 LR - 20190513 IS - 0143-3334 (Print) IS - 0143-3334 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 2 DP - 1999 Feb TI - Defining the substrate specificity of cdk4 kinase-cyclin D1 complex. PG - 193-8 AB - cdk4 kinase-cyclin D1 complex (cdk4/D1) does not phosphorylate all of the sites within retinoblastoma protein (Rb) equally. Comparison of five phosphorylation sites within the 15 kDa C domain of Rb indicates that Ser795 is the preferred site of phosphorylation by cdk4/D1. A series of experiments has been performed to determine the properties of this site that direct preferential phosphorylation. For cdk4/D1, the preferred amino acid at the third position C-terminal to the phosphorylated serine/threonine is arginine. Substitution of other amino acids, including a conservative change to lysine, has dramatic effects on the rates of phosphorylation. This information has been used to mutate less favorable sites in Rb, converting them to sites that are now preferentially phosphorylated by cdk4/D1. A conserved site at Ser842 in the related pocket protein p107 is also preferentially phosphorylated by cdk4/D1. Although Rb and p107 differ significantly in sequence, the Rb Ser795 site can replace the p107 Ser842 site without affecting the rate of phosphorylation. These results suggest that although a determinant of specificity resides in the sequences surrounding the phosphorylated site, the structural context of the site is also a critical parameter of specificity. FAU - Grafstrom, R H AU - Grafstrom RH AD - Genetics and Cancer Group, Dupont Pharmaceutical Co., Wilmington, DE 19880-0336, USA. robert.h.grafstrom@dupontpharma.com FAU - Pan, W AU - Pan W FAU - Hoess, R H AU - Hoess RH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Carcinogenesis JT - Carcinogenesis JID - 8008055 RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (RBL1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma Protein) RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107) RN - 136601-57-5 (Cyclin D1) RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - 94ZLA3W45F (Arginine) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK4 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinases) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Arginine/metabolism MH - Binding Sites MH - Conserved Sequence MH - Cyclin D1/*metabolism MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/*metabolism MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Proto-Oncogene Proteins MH - Retinoblastoma Protein/*metabolism MH - Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107 MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Substrate Specificity MH - Threonine/metabolism EDAT- 1999/03/09 00:00 MHDA- 1999/03/09 00:01 CRDT- 1999/03/09 00:00 PHST- 1999/03/09 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/03/09 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/03/09 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/carcin/20.2.193 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Carcinogenesis. 1999 Feb;20(2):193-8. doi: 10.1093/carcin/20.2.193.