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. 2023 Feb 28;14:1143. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36693-9

Fig. 5. CIP2A mutes LxxIxE-motif substrate binding of B56α.

Fig. 5

A Sites of CIP2A-B56α cross-links (in red; PDB: 6NTS) mapped in relation to indicated LxxIxE-binding groove of B56α. Residues indicated in light purple constitutes the LxxIxE-binding region of B56α between amino acids 212-271. Residues in dark purple indicate amino acids involved in PP2A-A interaction as explained in Fig. 4. B CIP2A(1-560)V5 out-competes prototypical LxxIxE motif target BubR1(LxxIxE peptide 647-720) from its direct association with B56α. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. C Quantification of GST pull-down data from (B) shown as a mean + S.E.M from N = 3 biological repeats. Two-sided t-test. D B56α competition assay using GST-BubR1(647-720) alone, or in combination with CIP2A N-terminal head peptide (aa. 18-40). Source data are provided as a Source Data file. E Quantification for data from D shown as a mean + S.E.M from N = 4 biological repeats. Two-sided t-test. F In vitro binding assay using purified recombinant GST-tagged CIP2A(1-560) and B56α WT or B56 variants Y215Q and R222E, which contain mutations that prevent interaction with LxxIxE groove substrate proteins10. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. G Quantification of data from (F) shown as mean + S.E.M from N = 3 biological repeats. H GFP-tagged B56α WT or indicated triple mutant were expressed in HEK-293-T cells. The amount of PP2A-A subunit bound to GFP-tagged B56α upon GFP trap pull-down was quantified by anti-PP2A-A immunoblotting. Shown are the mean values + S.E.M of the ratios of the quantified anti-PP2A-A signal versus the quantified anti-GFP signal, relative to the B56α WT (set at 100 %) from N = 3 biological replicates. A two-sided one-sample t-test. I Triple B56α mutant (K181A/K217A/K227A) exhibits loss of K227 (B56)-D117(PP2A-A) salt bridge. Overlay of PP2A-B56α (PDBID 6NTS: PP2A-A, yellow; B56α, beige) and PP2A-B56γ (PDBID 2IAE: PP2A-a, light cyan, B56γ, cyan), with PP2A-A D177 and B56α/B56γ K227/K202 residues shown as sticks and labelled. H-bond interactions are shown using dotted lines. Image was generated using Pymol.