TY - JOUR
T1 - Cushing’s syndrome driver mutation disrupts protein kinase A allosteric network, altering both regulation and substrate specificity
AU - Walker, Caitlin
AU - Wang, Yingjie
AU - Olivieri, Cristina
AU - Karamafrooz, Adak
AU - Casby, Jordan
AU - Bathon, Kerstin
AU - Calebiro, Davide
AU - Gao, Jiali
AU - Bernlohr, David A.
AU - Taylor, Susan S.
AU - Veglia, Gianluigi
PY - 2019/8/2
Y1 - 2019/8/2
N2 - Genetic alterations in the PRKACA gene coding for the catalytic a subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA-C) are linked to cortisol-secreting adrenocortical adenomas, resulting in Cushing’s syndrome. Among those, a single mutation (L205R) has been found in up to 67% of patients. Because the x-ray structures of the wild-type and mutant kinases are essentially identical, the mechanism explaining aberrant function of this mutant remains under active debate. Using NMR spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetic assays, and molecular dynamics simulations, we found that this single mutation causes global changes in the enzyme, disrupting the intramolecular allosteric network and eliciting losses in nucleotide/pseudo-substrate binding cooperativity. Remarkably, by rewiring its internal allosteric network, PKA-C
L205R is able to bind and phosphorylate non-canonical substrates, explaining its changes in substrate specificity. Both the lack of regulation and change in substrate specificity reveal the complex role of this mutated kinase in the formation of cortisol-secreting adrenocortical adenomas.
AB - Genetic alterations in the PRKACA gene coding for the catalytic a subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA-C) are linked to cortisol-secreting adrenocortical adenomas, resulting in Cushing’s syndrome. Among those, a single mutation (L205R) has been found in up to 67% of patients. Because the x-ray structures of the wild-type and mutant kinases are essentially identical, the mechanism explaining aberrant function of this mutant remains under active debate. Using NMR spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetic assays, and molecular dynamics simulations, we found that this single mutation causes global changes in the enzyme, disrupting the intramolecular allosteric network and eliciting losses in nucleotide/pseudo-substrate binding cooperativity. Remarkably, by rewiring its internal allosteric network, PKA-C
L205R is able to bind and phosphorylate non-canonical substrates, explaining its changes in substrate specificity. Both the lack of regulation and change in substrate specificity reveal the complex role of this mutated kinase in the formation of cortisol-secreting adrenocortical adenomas.
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U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.aaw9298
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.aaw9298
M3 - Article
C2 - 31489371
SN - 2375-2548
VL - 5
JO - Science Advances
JF - Science Advances
IS - 8
M1 - eaaw9298
ER -