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. 1979 Sep;76(9):4375–4379. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.9.4375

Characterization and regulation of reductase kinase, a protein kinase that modulates the enzymic activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase

Zafarul H Beg 1, John A Stonik 1, H Bryan Brewer Jr 1
PMCID: PMC411577  PMID: 291971

Abstract

The activity of rat liver 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase [HMG-CoA reductase; mevalonate:NADP+ oxidoreductase (CoA-acylating), EC 1.1.1.34] can be modulated in vitro by a phosphorylation-dephosphorylation reaction sequence. A microsomal reductase kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of HMG-CoA reductase and histones. Histone phosphorylation was enhanced 2- to 3-fold by cyclic AMP. Reductase kinase exists in interconvertible active and inactive forms. Incubation of reductase kinase with phosphoprotein phosphatase resulted in a time-dependent decrease in the ability of reductase kinase to catalyze the phosphorylation of histones and to inactivate HMG-CoA reductase. Incubation of phosphoprotein phosphatase-inactivated reductase kinase with [γ-32P]ATP plus Mg2+ and a partially purified protein kinase designated reductase kinase kinase resulted in parallel increases in protein-bound 32P radioactivity and ability to inactivate HMG-CoA reductase. Incubation of 32P-labeled reductase kinase with phosphoprotein phosphatase resulted in a time-dependent loss of protein-bound 32P radioactivity and a decrease in the ability to inactivate HMG-CoA reductase. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of purified reductase kinase incubated with reductase kinase kinase and [γ-32P]ATP plus Mg2+ revealed that the 32P radioactivity and reductase kinase enzymic activity were located in a single electrophoretic position. Dephosphorylation of 32P-labeled purified reductase kinase with phosphoprotein phosphatase was associated with significant loss of radioactivity and enzymic activity in the protein band ascribed to reductase kinase. These results provide evidence that the activity of reductase kinase, like HMG-CoA reductase, is modulated by a reversible phosphorylation-dephosphorylation reaction sequence.

Keywords: phosphorylation, covalent modification, cholesterol, cyclic AMP, enzyme regulation

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