The subcellular localization of type I p21-activated kinases is controlled by the disordered variable region and polybasic sequences

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Xiaowen SunDavid A Calderwood

Abstract

p21-activated kinases (PAKs) are serine/threonine kinase effectors of the small GTPases Rac and Cdc42 and major participants in cell adhesion, motility, and survival. Type II PAKs (PAK4, -5, and -6) are recruited to cell-cell boundaries, where they regulate adhesion dynamics and colony escape. In contrast, the type I PAK, PAK1, does not localize to cell-cell contacts. We have now found that the other type I PAKs (PAK2 and PAK3) also fail to target to cell-cell junctions. PAKs contain extensive similarities in sequence and domain organization; therefore, focusing on PAK1 and PAK6, we used chimeras and truncation mutants to investigate their differences in localization. We observed that a weakly conserved sequence region (the variable region), located between the Cdc42-binding CRIB domain and the kinase domain, inhibits PAK1 targeting to cell-cell junctions. Accordingly, substitution of the PAK1 variable region with that from PAK6 or removal of this region of PAK1 resulted in its localization to cell-cell contacts. We further show that Cdc42 binding is required, but not sufficient, to direct PAKs to cell-cell contacts and that an N-terminal polybasic sequence is necessary for PAK1 recruitment to cell-cell contacts, but only if th...Continue Reading

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