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Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2008, p. 4469-4479, Vol. 28, No. 14
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01416-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phosphorylation of Threonine 61 by Cyclin A/Cdk1 Triggers Degradation of Stem-Loop Binding Protein at the End of S Phase{triangledown}

M. Murat Koseoglu,1 Lee M. Graves,2 and William F. Marzluff1,3,4*

Department of Biology,1 Department of Pharmacology,2 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,3 Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 275994

Received 7 August 2007/ Returned for modification 11 September 2007/ Accepted 10 May 2008

Histone mRNA levels are cell cycle regulated, and a major regulatory mechanism is restriction of stem-loop binding protein (SLBP) to S phase. Degradation of SLBP at the end of S phase results in cessation of histone mRNA biosynthesis, preventing accumulation of histone mRNA until SLBP is synthesized just before entry into the next S phase. Degradation of SLBP requires an SFTTP (58 to 62) and KRKL (95 to 98) sequence, which is a putative cyclin binding site. A fusion protein with the 58-amino-acid sequence of SLBP (amino acids 51 to 108) fused to glutathione S-transferase (GST) is sufficient to mimic SLBP degradation at late S phase. Using GST-SLBP fusion proteins as a substrate, we show that cyclin A/Cdk1 phosphorylates Thr61. Furthermore, knockdown of Cdk1 by RNA interference stabilizes SLBP at the end of S phase. Phosphorylation of Thr61 is necessary for subsequent phosphorylation of Thr60 by CK2 in vitro. Inhibitors of CK2 also prevent degradation of SLBP at the end of S phase. Thus, phosphorylation of Thr61 by cyclin A/Cdk1 primes phosphorylation of Thr60 by CK2 and is responsible for initiating SLBP degradation. We conclude that the increase in cyclin A/Cdk1 activity at the end of S phase triggers degradation of SLBP at S/G2.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of North Carolina, Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, CB 7100, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Phone: (919) 962-8920. Fax: (919) 962-1274. E-mail: marzluff{at}med.unc.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 May 2008.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2008, p. 4469-4479, Vol. 28, No. 14
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01416-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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