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48-641: PHLPP dephosphorylates Ser -473 (the hydrophobic motif) in Akt, thus partially inactivating the kinase. In addition, PHLPP dephosphorylates conventional and novel members of the protein kinase C family at their hydrophobic motifs, corresponding to Ser-660 in PKCβII. PHLPP is a member of the PPM family of phosphatases, which requires magnesium or manganese for their activity and are insensitive to most common phosphatase inhibitors, including [okadaic acid]. PHLPP1 and PHLPP2 have

96-481: A Ca sensor and is present in both conventional and novel isoforms, but functional as a Ca sensor only in the conventional. The pseudosubstrate region, which is present in all three classes of PKC, is a small sequence of amino acids that mimic a substrate and bind the substrate-binding cavity in the catalytic domain, lack critical serine, threonine phosphoacceptor residues, keeping the enzyme inactive. When Ca and DAG are present in sufficient concentrations, they bind to

144-405: A medium effect size for negative and total symptoms of schizophrenia. There also is evidence that L ‐serine could acquire a therapeutic role in diabetes. D -Serine is being studied in rodents as a potential treatment for schizophrenia. D -Serine also has been described as a potential biomarker for early Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis, due to a relatively high concentration of it in

192-414: A neuromodulator by coactivating NMDA receptors , making them able to open if they then also bind glutamate . D -serine is a potent agonist at the glycine site (NR1) of canonical diheteromeric NMDA receptors . For the receptor to open, glutamate and either glycine or D -serine must bind to it; in addition a pore blocker must not be bound (e.g. Mg or Zn ). Some research has shown that D -serine

240-471: A non-essential amino acid has come to be considered as conditional, since vertebrates such as humans cannot always synthesize optimal quantities over entire lifespans. Safety of L -serine has been demonstrated in an FDA-approved human phase I clinical trial with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS , patients (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01835782), but treatment of ALS symptoms has yet to be shown. A 2011 meta-analysis found adjunctive sarcosine to have

288-446: A patient registry was established by the noncommercial International Working Group on Neurotransmitter Related Disorders (iNTD). Besides disruption of serine biosynthesis, its transport may also become disrupted. One example is spastic tetraplegia, thin corpus callosum, and progressive microcephaly , a disease caused by mutations that affect the function of the neutral amino acid transporter A . The classification of L -serine as

336-480: A similar domain structure, which includes a putative Ras association domain, a pleckstrin homology domain , a series of leucine-rich repeats , a PP2C phosphatase domain, and a C-terminal PDZ ligand. PHLPP1 has two splice variants, PHLPP1α and PHLPP1β, of which PHLPP1β is larger by approximately 1.5 kilobase pairs. PHLPP1α, which was the first PHLPP isoform to be characterized, lacks the N-terminal portion of

384-417: A variable degree to treatment with L -serine, sometimes combined with glycine. Response to treatment is variable and the long-term and functional outcome is unknown. To provide a basis for improving the understanding of the epidemiology, genotype/phenotype correlation and outcome of these diseases their impact on the quality of life of patients, as well as for evaluating diagnostic and therapeutic strategies

432-522: A very faint musty aroma. D -Serine is sweet with an additional minor sour taste at medium and high concentrations. Serine deficiency disorders are rare defects in the biosynthesis of the amino acid L -serine. At present three disorders have been reported: These enzyme defects lead to severe neurological symptoms such as congenital microcephaly and severe psychomotor retardation and in addition, in patients with 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase deficiency to intractable seizures. These symptoms respond to

480-493: Is a family of protein kinase enzymes that are involved in controlling the function of other proteins through the phosphorylation of hydroxyl groups of serine and threonine amino acid residues on these proteins, or a member of this family. PKC enzymes in turn are activated by signals such as increases in the concentration of diacylglycerol (DAG) or calcium ions (Ca ). Hence PKC enzymes play important roles in several signal transduction cascades. In biochemistry ,

528-526: Is a more potent agonist at the NMDAR glycine site than glycine itself. However, D-serine has been shown to work as an antagonist/inverse co-agonist of t -NMDA receptors through the glycine binding site on the GluN3 subunit. D -serine was thought to exist only in bacteria until relatively recently; it was the second D amino acid discovered to naturally exist in humans, present as a signaling molecule in

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576-454: Is a natural selective PKC inhibitor. Other naturally occurring PKCIs are miyabenol C , myricitrin , gossypol . Bryostatin 1 can act as a PKC inhibitor; It was investigated for cancer. Darovasertib is an investigational new drug in efficacy trials in treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma . Other PKCIs include Verbascoside , BIM-1 , Ro31-8220 , and Tamoxifen . The Protein kinase C activator ingenol mebutate , derived from

624-771: Is an early abnormality in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease . These functions are achieved by PKC-mediated phosphorylation of other proteins. PKC plays an important role in the immune system through phosphorylation of CARD-CC family proteins and subsequent NF-κB activation. However, the substrate proteins present for phosphorylation vary, since protein expression is different between different kinds of cells. Thus, effects of PKC are cell-type-specific: Protein kinase C, activated by tumor promoter phorbol ester , may phosphorylate potent activators of transcription, and thus lead to increased expression of oncogenes, promoting cancer progression, or interfere with other phenomena. Prolonged exposure to phorbol ester, however, promotes

672-399: Is an α- amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α- amino group (which is in the protonated − NH 3 form under biological conditions), a carboxyl group (which is in the deprotonated − COO form under biological conditions), and a side chain consisting of a hydroxymethyl group, classifying it as a polar amino acid. It can be synthesized in

720-541: Is ancient and can be found back in fungi , which means that the PKC family was present in the last common ancestor of opisthokonts . The structure of all PKCs consists of a regulatory domain and a catalytic domain ( active site ) tethered together by a hinge region . The catalytic region is highly conserved among the different isoforms , as well as, to a lesser degree, among the catalytic region of other serine/threonine kinases . The second messenger requirement differences in

768-438: Is dictated by their domain structure. The conventional PKCs can be activated by calcium and diacylglycerol , two important mediators of G protein-coupled receptor signaling. The novel PKCs are activated by diacylglycerol but not calcium, while the atypical PKCs are activated by neither. The PKC family, like Akt, plays roles in cell survival and motility. Most PKC isoforms are anti-apoptotic, although PKCδ (a novel PKC isoform)

816-440: Is hydrolyzed to serine by phosphoserine phosphatase ( EC 3.1.3.3 ). In bacteria such as E. coli these enzymes are encoded by the genes serA (EC 1.1.1.95), serC (EC 2.6.1.52), and serB (EC 3.1.3.3). Serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SMHT) also catalyzes the biosynthesis of glycine (retro-aldol cleavage) from serine, transferring the resulting formalddehyde synthon to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate . However, that reaction

864-406: Is increased dramatically. In humans, there are three genes in the Akt family: AKT1 , AKT2 , and AKT3 . These enzymes are members of the serine/threonine-specific protein kinase family ( EC 2.7.11.1 ). Akt1 is involved in cellular survival pathways and inhibition of apoptotic processes. Akt1 is also able to induce protein synthesis pathways, and is therefore a key signaling protein in

912-408: Is more specific for the insulin receptor signaling pathway. The role of Akt3 is less clear, though it appears to be expressed predominantly in brain. It has been reported that mice lacking Akt3 have small brains. Once correctly positioned in the membrane via binding of PIP3 , Akt can then be phosphorylated by its activating kinases, phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 ( PDK1 ) and PDK2. Serine473,

960-618: Is pro-apoptotic in some systems. Although PKC possesses the same phosphorylation sites as Akt, its regulation is quite different. PKC is constitutively phosphorylated, and its acute activity is regulated by binding of the enzyme to membranes. Dephosphorylation of PKC at the hydrophobic motif by PHLPP allows PKC to be dephosphorylated at two other sites (the activation loop and the turn motif). This in turn renders PKC sensitive to degradation. Thus, prolonged increases in PHLPP expression or activity inhibit PKC phosphorylation and stability, decreasing

1008-464: Is rendered unnecessary by the presence of a glutamic acid in place of a serine, which, as a negative charge, acts similar in manner to a phosphorylated residue. These phosphorylation events are essential for the activity of the enzyme, and 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 ( PDPK1 ) is the upstream kinase responsible for initiating the process by transphosphorylation of the activation loop. The consensus sequence of protein kinase C enzymes

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1056-434: Is reversible, and will convert excess glycine to serine. SHMT is a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) dependent enzyme. Industrially, L -serine is produced from glycine and methanol catalyzed by hydroxymethyltransferase . Racemic serine can be prepared in the laboratory from methyl acrylate in several steps: Hydrogenation of serine gives the diol serinol : Serine is important in metabolism in that it participates in

1104-579: Is similar to that of protein kinase A , since it contains basic amino acids close to the Ser/Thr to be phosphorylated. Their substrates are, e.g., MARCKS proteins , MAP kinase , transcription factor inhibitor IκB, the vitamin D 3 receptor VDR , Raf kinase , calpain , and the epidermal growth factor receptor . Upon activation, protein kinase C enzymes are translocated to the plasma membrane by RACK proteins (membrane-bound receptor for activated protein kinase C proteins). This localization also gives

1152-436: Is sufficient to reverse cell chirality through phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT signaling and alters junctional protein organization between cells with opposite chirality, leading to an unexpected substantial change in endothelial permeability, which often leads to inflammation and disease. Protein kinase C inhibitors, such as ruboxistaurin , may potentially be beneficial in peripheral diabetic nephropathy . Chelerythrine

1200-527: Is translocation to the cell membrane . Interestingly, this process is disrupted in microgravity , which causes immunodeficiency of astronauts . A multiplicity of functions have been ascribed to PKC. Recurring themes are that PKC is involved in receptor desensitization, in modulating membrane structure events, in regulating transcription, in mediating immune responses, in regulating cell growth, and in learning and memory. PKC isoforms have been designated "memory kinases," and deficits in PKC signaling in neurons

1248-441: The biosynthesis of purines and pyrimidines . It is the precursor to several amino acids including glycine and cysteine , as well as tryptophan in bacteria. It is also the precursor to numerous other metabolites, including sphingolipids and folate , which is the principal donor of one-carbon fragments in biosynthesis. D -Serine, synthesized in neurons by serine racemase from L -serine (its enantiomer ), serves as

1296-490: The cerebrospinal fluid of probable AD patients. D-serine, which is made in the brain, has been shown to work as an antagonist/inverse co-agonist of t -NMDA receptors mitigating neuron loss in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy . D -Serine has been theorized as a potential treatment for sensorineural hearing disorders such as hearing loss and tinnitus . Protein kinase C In cell biology , protein kinase C , commonly abbreviated to PKC (EC 2.7.11.13),

1344-511: The Akt1 or the Akt2 gene was deleted, or "knocked out". In a mouse that is null for Akt1 but normal for Akt2, glucose homeostasis is unperturbed, but the animals are smaller, consistent with a role for Akt1 in growth. In contrast, mice that do not have Akt2 but have normal Akt1 have mild growth deficiency and display a diabetic phenotype ( insulin resistance ), again consistent with the idea that Akt2

1392-451: The C2 and C1 domain, respectively, and recruit PKC to the membrane. This interaction with the membrane results in release of the pseudosubstrate from the catalytic site and activation of the enzyme. In order for these allosteric interactions to occur, however, PKC must first be properly folded and in the correct conformation permissive for catalytic action. This is contingent upon phosphorylation of

1440-519: The PKC family consists of fifteen isozymes in humans. They are divided into three subfamilies, based on their second messenger requirements: conventional (or classical), novel, and atypical. Conventional (c)PKCs contain the isoforms α, β I , β II , and γ. These require Ca , DAG, and a phospholipid such as phosphatidylserine for activation. Novel (n)PKCs include the δ, ε, η, and θ isoforms, and require DAG, but do not require Ca for activation. Thus, conventional and novel PKCs are activated through

1488-515: The PKCs contains several shared subregions. The C1 domain , present in all of the isoforms of PKC has a binding site for DAG as well as non-hydrolysable, non-physiological analogues called phorbol esters . This domain is functional and capable of binding DAG in both conventional and novel isoforms, however, the C1 domain in atypical PKCs is incapable of binding to DAG or phorbol esters. The C2 domain acts as

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1536-466: The brain, soon after the discovery of D -aspartate . Had D amino acids been discovered in humans sooner, the glycine site on the NMDA receptor might instead be named the D -serine site. Apart from central nervous system, D -serine plays a signaling role in peripheral tissues and organs such as cartilage, kidney, and corpus cavernosum. Pure D -serine is an off-white crystalline powder with

1584-433: The catalytic region, discussed below. The catalytic region or kinase core of the PKC allows for different functions to be processed; PKB (also known as Akt ) and PKC kinases contains approximately 40% amino acid sequence similarity. This similarity increases to ~ 70% across PKCs and even higher when comparing within classes. For example, the two atypical PKC isoforms, ζ and ι/λ, are 84% identical (Selbie et al., 1993). Of

1632-526: The cellular pathways that lead to skeletal muscle hypertrophy, and general tissue growth. Since it can block apoptosis, and thereby promote cell survival, Akt1 has been implicated as a major factor in many types of cancer. Akt (now also called Akt1) was originally identified as the oncogene in the transforming retrovirus , AKT8. Akt2 is important in the insulin signaling pathway. It is required to induce glucose transport. These separate roles for Akt1 and Akt2 were demonstrated by studying mice in which either

1680-493: The down-regulation of Protein kinase C. Loss-of-function mutations and low PKC protein levels are prevalent in cancer, supporting a general tumor-suppressive role for Protein kinase C. Protein kinase C enzymes are important mediators of vascular permeability and have been implicated in various vascular diseases including disorders associated with hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus, as well as endothelial injury and tissue damage related to cigarette smoke. Low-level PKC activation

1728-504: The enzyme access to substrate, an activation mechanism termed substrate presentation . The protein kinase C enzymes are known for their long-term activation: They remain activated after the original activation signal or the Ca -wave is gone. It is presumed that this is achieved by the production of diacylglycerol from phosphatidylinositol by a phospholipase ; fatty acids may also play a role in long-term activation. A critical part of PKC activation

1776-478: The fusion protein responsible for chronic myelogenous leukemia ( CML ), downregulates PHLPP1 and PHLPP2 levels, and that decreasing PHLPP levels interferes with the efficacy of Bcr-Abl inhibitors, including Gleevec , in CML cell lines. Finally, both Akt and PKC are known to be tumor promoters, suggesting that their negative regulator PHLPP may act as a tumor suppressor. Serine Serine (symbol Ser or S )

1824-407: The human body under normal physiological circumstances, making it a nonessential amino acid. It is encoded by the codons UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG, AGU and AGC. This compound is one of the proteinogenic amino acids . Only the L - stereoisomer appears naturally in proteins. It is not essential to the human diet, since it is synthesized in the body from other metabolites , including glycine . Serine

1872-429: The hydrophobic motif, is phosphorylated in an mTORC2-dependent manner, leading some investigators to hypothesize that mTORC2 is the long-sought PDK2 molecule. Threonine308, the activation loop , is phosphorylated by PDK1, allowing full Akt activation. Activated Akt can then go on to activate or deactivate its myriad substrates via its kinase activity. The PHLPPs therefore antagonize PDK1 and PDK2, since they dephosphorylate

1920-408: The isoforms are a result of the regulatory region, which are similar within the classes, but differ among them. Most of the crystal structure of the catalytic region of PKC has not been determined, except for PKC theta and iota. Due to its similarity to other kinases whose crystal structure have been determined, the structure can be strongly predicted. The regulatory domain or the amino-terminus of

1968-601: The over-30 protein kinase structures whose crystal structure has been revealed, all have the same basic organization. They are a bilobal structure with a β sheet comprising the N-terminal lobe and an α helix constituting the C-terminal lobe. Both the ATP-binding protein (ATP)- and the substrate- binding sites are located in the cleft formed by these two terminal lobes. This is also where the pseudosubstrate domain of

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2016-605: The protein, including the Ras association domain. PHLPP's domain structure influences its ability to dephosphorylate its substrates. A PHLPP construct lacking the PH domain is unable to decrease PKC phosphorylation, while PHLPP lacking the PDZ ligand is unable to decrease Akt phosphorylation. The phosphatases in the PHLPP family, PHLPP1 and PHLPP2 have been shown to directly dephosphorylate, and therefore inactivate, distinct Akt isoforms, at one of

2064-419: The regulatory region binds. Another feature of the PKC catalytic region that is essential to the viability of the kinase is its phosphorylation. The conventional and novel PKCs have three phosphorylation sites, termed: the activation loop , the turn motif, and the hydrophobic motif. The atypical PKCs are phosphorylated only on the activation loop and the turn motif. Phosphorylation of the hydrophobic motif

2112-483: The same signal transduction pathway as phospholipase C . On the other hand, atypical (a)PKCs (including protein kinase Mζ and ι / λ isoforms) require neither Ca nor diacylglycerol for activation. The term "protein kinase C" usually refers to the entire family of isoforms. The different classes of PKCs found in jawed vertebrates originate from 5 ancestral PKC family members (PKN, aPKC, cPKC, nPKCE, nPKCD) that expanded due to genome duplication . The broader PKC family

2160-431: The site that PDK2 phosphorylates. PHLPP1 and 2 also dephosphorylate the hydrophobic motifs of two classes of the protein kinase C (PKC) family: the conventional PKCs and the novel PKCs. (The third class of PKCs, known as the atypicals, have a phospho-mimetic at the hydrophobic motif, rendering them insensitive to PHLPP.) The PKC family of kinases consists of 10 isoforms, whose sensitivity to various second messengers

2208-821: The total levels of PKC over time. Investigators have hypothesized that the PHLPP isoforms may play roles in cancer, for several reasons. First, the genetic loci coding for PHLPP1 and 2 are commonly lost in cancer. The region including PHLPP1, 18q21.33, commonly undergoes loss of heterozygosity ( LOH ) in colon cancers, while 16q22.3, which includes the PHLPP2 gene, undergoes LOH in breast and ovarian cancers, Wilms tumors, prostate cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. Second, experimental overexpression of PHLPP in cancer cell lines tends to decrease apoptosis and increase proliferation, and stable colon and glioblastoma cell lines overexpressing PHLPP1 show decreased tumor formation in xenograft models. Recent studies have also shown that Bcr-Abl ,

2256-476: The two critical phosphorylation sites required for activation: Serine473. PHLPP2 dephosphorylates AKT1 and AKT3 , whereas PHLPP1 is specific for AKT2 and AKT3. Lack of PHLPP appears to have effects on growth factor-induced Akt phosphorylation. When both PHLPP1 and PHLPP2 are knocked down using siRNA and cells are stimulated using epidermal growth factor, peak Akt phosphorylation at both Serine473 and Threonine308 (the other site required for full Akt activation)

2304-618: Was first obtained from silk protein, a particularly rich source, in 1865 by Emil Cramer. Its name is derived from the Latin for silk, sericum . Serine's structure was established in 1902. The biosynthesis of serine starts with the oxidation of 3-phosphoglycerate (an intermediate from glycolysis ) to 3-phosphohydroxypyruvate and NADH by phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase ( EC 1.1.1.95 ). Reductive amination (transamination) of this ketone by phosphoserine transaminase ( EC 2.6.1.52 ) yields 3-phosphoserine ( O -phosphoserine) which

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