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. 1992 Aug;11(8):2925–2933. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05362.x

Activation of mammalian DNA ligase I through phosphorylation by casein kinase II.

C Prigent 1, D D Lasko 1, K Kodama 1, J R Woodgett 1, T Lindahl 1
PMCID: PMC556774  PMID: 1639065

Abstract

Mammalian DNA ligase I has been shown to be a phosphoprotein. Dephosphorylation of purified DNA ligase I causes inactivation, an effect dependent on the presence of the N-terminal region of the protein. Expression of full-length human DNA ligase I in Escherichia coli yielded soluble but catalytically inactive enzyme whereas an N-terminally truncated form expressed activity. Incubation of the full-length preparation from E. coli with purified casein kinase II (CKII) resulted in phosphorylation of the N-terminal region and was accompanied by activation of the DNA ligase. Of a variety of purified protein kinases tested, only CKII stimulated the activity of calf thymus DNA ligase I. Tryptic phosphopeptide analysis of DNA ligase I revealed that CKII specifically phosphorylated a major peptide also apparently phosphorylated in cells, implying that CKII is a protein kinase acting on DNA ligase I in the cell nucleus. These data suggest that DNA ligase I is negatively regulated by its N-terminal region and that this inhibition can be relieved by post-translational modification.

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