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. 2012 Jan 1;3(1):29–43. doi: 10.4161/nucl.18926

Table 1. List of common and possible PIKK regulators in mammals.

  Molecule Domain/Motif Character and related cellular process Possible phosphorylation site by PIKKs**
Common
PIKK
regulators
RUVBL1 (RuvB-like 1)
AAA+ domain,
Walker A, WalkerB motif
AAA+ family proteins, ATPase/DNA helicase activity, form a hexameric complex, transcriptional regulation, RNA modification/biogenesis, telomere maintenance, DNA repair, spindle formation, Hsp90 cofactor, NMD
-
RUVBL2 (RuvB-like 2)
Prediction & report: Ser220 (ref. 105)
Hsp90 (Heatshock protein 90)
Histidine kinase-like ATPases domain
conserved molecular chaperone, ATPase,
promotes protein folding/structural maturation/assembly/transport of specific client proteins
Prediction & report: Thr297 (ref. 105)
Tel2 (telomere maintenance 2)
-
replication checkpoint, DNA damage response/checkpoint
-
SMG-10/Tti1 (Tel2 interacting protein 1)
HEAT repeat
Tel2 complex component, DNA damage response/checkpoint
prediction: Ser391
Tti2 (Tel2 interacting protein 2)
-
Tel2 complex component, DNA damage response/checkpoint
-
Possible
PIKK
regulators
RPAP3 (RNAPII-Associated Protein 3)
TPR motif
RNA polymerase associated protein, Hsp90 cofactor, UV-induced DNA damage response and cell survival, TNF-α and cycloheximide-induced apoptosis
prediction: Ser116 Ser481
 
NOP17 (Nucleolar protein 17)
PIH1 domain
pre-rRNA processing/RNA modification, Hsp90 cofactor
-
 
URI/RMP (Unconventional prefoldine RPB5 interactor/RPB5 mediating protein)
Prefoldin α domain
unconventional prefoldin, transcriptional regulation, regulation of survival signaling at
mitocochondria
phosphrylated at Ser371 by p70 S6K, downstream of mTOR (ref. 161)
RPB5 (RNA polymerase II subunit 5)
-
shared subunits of all three RNA polymerases, transcriptional regulation, NMD
prediction: T29
  Monad/WDR92 (WD repeat domain 92) WD40 domain RNA polymerase associated protein, TNF-α and cycloheximide-induced apoptosis -

Notes: *All molecules are evolutionarily conserved in eukaryote; **possible phosphorylation sites were predicted by the scansite program (http://scansite.mit.edu/) with high stringency. Aabbreviations; AAA+, ATPase associated diverse cellular activities; TPR, tetratricopeptide repeat; HEAT, Huntingtin, elongation factor 3, A subunit of protein phosphatase 2A, and TOR1.