PMID- 10617634 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000131 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 275 IP - 1 DP - 2000 Jan 7 TI - Akt protein kinase inhibits Rac1-GTP binding through phosphorylation at serine 71 of Rac1. PG - 423-8 AB - A putative Akt kinase phosphorylation site ((64)ydRIRplSYp(73)) was found in Rac1/CDC42 and Rho family proteins (RhoA, RhoB, RhoC, and RhoG). Phosphorylation of Rac1 by Akt kinase was assayed with recombinant Rac1 protein and the fluorescein-labeled Rac1 peptide. It was shown that the Rac1 peptide and the recombinant protein were phosphorylated by the activated recombinant Akt kinase and the lysate of SK-MEL28 cells, a human melanoma cell line. The phosphorylation of Rac1 inhibited its GTP-binding activity without any significant change in GTPase activity. Both the GTP-binding and GTPase activities of Rac1 S71A protein (with the serine residue to be phosphorylated replaced with alanine) were abolished regardless of the treatment of Akt kinase. Akt kinase activity and Rac1 peptide phosphorylation were down-regulated by the treatment of SK-MEL28 cells with wortmannin or LY294002 (a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor), but JNK/SAPK kinase activity was up-regulated. Thus, the results suggest that Akt kinase of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase signal transduction pathway phosphorylates serine 71 of Rac1 as one of its authentic substrates and modulates the Rac1 signal transduction pathway through phosphorylation. FAU - Kwon, T AU - Kwon T AD - Clinical Research Center, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul 135-230, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kwon, D Y AU - Kwon DY FAU - Chun, J AU - Chun J FAU - Kim, J H AU - Kim JH FAU - Kang, S S AU - Kang SS LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Androstadienes) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - 86-01-1 (Guanosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rac1 GTP-Binding Protein) RN - XVA4O219QW (Wortmannin) SB - IM MH - Androstadienes/pharmacology MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Guanosine Triphosphate/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Oligopeptides/metabolism MH - Peptide Fragments/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - *Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - Signal Transduction MH - Wortmannin MH - rac1 GTP-Binding Protein/*metabolism EDAT- 2000/01/05 00:00 MHDA- 2000/01/05 00:01 CRDT- 2000/01/05 00:00 PHST- 2000/01/05 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/01/05 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/01/05 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.275.1.423 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(19)52881-2 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2000 Jan 7;275(1):423-8. doi: 10.1074/jbc.275.1.423.