PMID- 10446210 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990909 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 274 IP - 34 DP - 1999 Aug 20 TI - G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6A phosphorylates the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor via a PDZ domain-mediated interaction. PG - 24328-34 AB - The Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF) is constitutively phosphorylated in cells, but the site(s) of this phosphorylation and the kinase(s) responsible for it have not been identified. We show here that the primary site of constitutive NHERF phosphorylation in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK-293) cells is Ser(289), and that the stoichiometry of phosphorylation is near 1 mol/mol. NHERF contains two PDZ domains that recognize the sequence S/T-X-L at the carboxyl terminus of target proteins, and thus we examined the possibility that kinases containing this motif might associate with and phosphorylate NHERF. Overlay experiments and co-immunoprecipitation studies revealed that NHERF binds with high affinity to a splice variant of the G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6, GRK6A, which terminates in the motif T-R-L. NHERF does not associate with GRK6B or GRK6C, alternatively spliced variants that differ from GRK6A at their extreme carboxyl termini. GRK6A phosphorylates NHERF efficiently on Ser(289) in vitro, whereas GRK6B, GRK6C, and GRK2 do not. Furthermore, the endogenous "NHERF kinase" activity in HEK-293 cell lysates is sensitive to treatments that alter the activity of GRK6A. These data suggest that GRK6A phosphorylates NHERF via a PDZ domain-mediated interaction and that GRK6A is the kinase in HEK-293 cells responsible for the constitutive phosphorylation of NHERF. FAU - Hall, R A AU - Hall RA AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. FAU - Spurney, R F AU - Spurney RF FAU - Premont, R T AU - Premont RT FAU - Rahman, N AU - Rahman N FAU - Blitzer, J T AU - Blitzer JT FAU - Pitcher, J A AU - Pitcher JA FAU - Lefkowitz, R J AU - Lefkowitz RJ LA - eng GR - HL16037/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers) RN - 0 (sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.16 (G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.16 (G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 6) RN - H88EPA0A3N (Staurosporine) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Cells, Cultured MH - G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases MH - Humans MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Phosphoproteins/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/chemistry/*physiology MH - Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers/metabolism MH - Staurosporine/pharmacology EDAT- 1999/08/14 00:00 MHDA- 1999/08/14 00:01 CRDT- 1999/08/14 00:00 PHST- 1999/08/14 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/08/14 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/08/14 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.274.34.24328 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(19)55563-6 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1999 Aug 20;274(34):24328-34. doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.34.24328.