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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 32, 24421-24428, August 11, 2000

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MEK Kinase 2 Binds and Activates Protein Kinase C-related Kinase 2
BIFURCATION OF KINASE REGULATORY PATHWAYS AT THE LEVEL OF AN MAPK KINASE KINASE^*

Weiyong Sun, Sylvie Vincent^§, Jeffrey Settleman^§, and Gary L. Johnson^¶

From the  Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado 80262 and the ^§ Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129

MEK kinase 2 (MEKK2) is a 70-kDa protein serine/threonine kinase that has been shown to function as a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase kinase. MEKK2 has its kinase domain in the COOH-terminal moiety of the protein. The NH₂-terminal moiety of MEKK2 has no signature motif that would suggest a defined regulatory function. Yeast two-hybrid screening was performed to identify proteins that bind MEKK2. Protein kinase C-related kinase 2 (PRK2) was found to bind MEKK2; PRK2 has been previously shown to bind RhoA and the Src homology 3 domain of Nck. PRK2 did not bind MEKK3, which is closely related to MEKK2. The MEKK2 binding site maps to amino acids 637-660 in PRK2, which is distinct from the binding sites for RhoA and Nck. This sequence is divergent in the closely related kinase PRK1, which did not bind MEKK2. In cells, MEKK2 and PRK2 are co-immunoprecipitated and PRK2 is activated by MEKK2. Similarly, purified recombinant MEKK2 activated PRK2 in vitro. MEKK2 activation of PRK2 is independent of MEKK2 regulation of the c-Jun NH₂-terminal kinase pathway. MEKK2 activation of PRK2 results in a bifurcation of signaling for the dual control of MAPK pathways and PRK2 regulated responses.

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