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A more recent version of this article appeared on December 16, 2005
Papers In Press, published online ahead of print October 13, 2005
J. Biol. Chem, 10.1074/jbc.M510711200
Submitted on September 30, 2005
Revised on October 12, 2005
Accepted on October 13, 2005
Structure and substrate specificity of the Pim-1 kinase
Alex N. Bullock, Judit Debreczeni, Ann Amos, Stefan Knapp, and Benjamin E. Turk
Pharmacology Dept., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
Corresponding Author: ben.turk{at}yale.edu
The Pim kinases are a family of three vertebrate protein serine/threonine kinases (Pim-1, 2 and 3) belonging to the CAMK (calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-related) group. Pim kinases are emerging as important mediators of cytokine signaling pathways in hematopoietic cells, and contribute to the progression of certain leukemias and solid tumors. A number of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins are phosphorylated by Pim kinases and may act as their effectors in normal physiology and in disease. Recent crystallographic studies of Pim-1 have identified unique structural features but have not provided insight into how the kinase recognizes its target substrates. Here, we have conducted peptide library screens to exhaustively determine the sequence specificity of active site-mediated phosphorylation by Pim-1 and Pim-3. We have identified the major site of Pim-1 autophosphorylation and find surprisingly that it maps to a novel site that diverges from its consensus phosphorylation motif. We have solved the crystal structure of Pim-1 bound to a high affinity peptide substrate in complexes with either the ATP analogue AMP-PNP or the bisindolyl-maleimide kinase inhibitor BIM1. These structures reveal an unanticipated mode of recognition for basic residues upstream of the phosphorylation site, distinct from that of other kinases with similar substrate specificity. The structures provide a rationale for the unusually high affinity of Pim kinases for peptide substrates and suggest a general mode for substrate binding to members of the CAMK group.

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