Abstract

A subset of phosphoinositide 3-kinase family members are dual specificity enzymes; their protein kinase activity is thought to bring about an additional level to their intracellular regulation. Here we have examined whether the 5'-phosphoinositide kinase PIKfyve, reported previously to catalyze the formation of PtdIns 5-P and PtdIns 3,5-P(2) in vitro [Sbrissa et al. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 21589-21597], displays dual specificity. We now report that PIKfyve possesses an intrinsic protein kinase activity inseparable from its lipid kinase activity and, besides itself, can phosphorylate exogenous proteins in a substrate-specific manner. Both the autophosphorylation and transphosphorylation were demonstrated with PIKfyve immunopurified or affinity-purified from heterologously transfected COS cells, infected Sf9 cells, or native 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Conversely, no protein kinase activity was associated with immunopurified lipid kinase dead point (K1831E) or truncated (Delta1812-2052) PIKfyve mutants. PIKfyve autophosphorylation or transphosphorylation engaged Ser but not Thr or Tyr residues. PIKfyve autophosphorylation was largely abrogated upon pretreatment with PIKfyve lipid substrates or phosphatases. The impact of autophosphorylation on the PIKfyve lipid kinase activity was further examined with purified PIKfyve preparations. A decrease of 70% in the lipid product formation was associated with PIKfyve autophosphorylation, which was reversed upon treatment with phosphatases. In the cellular context, PIKfyve, or a fraction of it, was found in a phosphorylated form. Collectively, these results indicate that PIKfyve is a dual specificity kinase, which can generate and relay protein phosphorylation signals to regulate the formation of its lipid products, and possibly other events, in the context of living cells.

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