Ukr.Biochem.J. 2023; Volume 95, Issue 4, Jul-Aug, pp. 10-16

doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/ubj95.04.010

Ser-Thr phosphatases in the rat brain that dephosphorylate phospho-Ser(1291)-GluN2A subunit of glutamate receptor

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R. R. Prabhu1,2

1P. G. Department of Biotechnology, Government Arts College, Thycaud P. O, Trivandrum, India;
2Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Poojappura, Thycaud P. O, Trivandrum, India;
e-mail: ramyarprabhu@gmail.com

Received: 04 June 2023; Revised: 06 July 2023;
Accepted: 07 September 2023; Available on-line: 12 September 2023

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs), are one of the major ionotropic glutamate receptors found in excitatory synapses which play a key role in glutamatergic synaptic transmission. The receptors are regulated by post translational modifications such as phosphorylation. One of the major receptor subunits is GluN2A which is likely to get phosphorylated in vitro at a putative site Ser1291. However, the regulation of phosphorylation of this site by kinases and phosphatases is not yet completely understood. In the present study, we have used the fusion constructs of GluN2A tagged with glutathione S-transferase (GST) as substrate for phosphorylation, purified calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase type II (CaMKII) and radioactive P32. We demonstrated that the site phosphorylated by αCaMKII on GluN2A was Ser1291 and that protein phosphatases 1, 2A and 2C were able to dephosphorylate this phospho-GST-GluN2A-Ser1291 in vitro. In the rat brain tissue post synaptic density and cytosolic fraction the major phosphatase responsible for dephosphorylating phospho-GluN2A-Ser1291 was protein phosphatase 1.

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