| 2010 |
ARPP19, when phosphorylated by Greatwall kinase, associates with and inhibits PP2A, promoting mitotic entry. In Xenopus egg extracts, endogenous ARPP19 (but not α-Endosulfine/ENSA) is responsible for PP2A inhibition at mitotic entry. Without Greatwall activity, ARPP19 is dephosphorylated and loses its capacity to bind and inhibit PP2A. |
Biochemical identification of Greatwall substrates in Xenopus egg extracts; co-immunoprecipitation; phosphatase activity assays; depletion/add-back experiments |
Science |
High |
21164014
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| 2013 |
Phosphorylation of ARPP19 at S67 by Greatwall kinase promotes its binding to PP2A-B55δ, inhibiting PP2A activity. This process is controlled by Cdk1 and plays an essential role within the Cdk1 auto-amplification loop for entry into the first meiotic division. Once phosphorylated by Greatwall at S67, ARPP19 escapes negative regulation by PKA. |
Xenopus oocyte microinjection; phospho-specific mutants; PP2A activity assays; co-immunoprecipitation |
Journal of cell science |
High |
23781026
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| 2014 |
ARPP19 phosphorylation at serine 109 by PKA is necessary and sufficient for maintaining Xenopus oocytes arrested in prophase. Progesterone promotes partial dephosphorylation of ARPP19 at S109, enabling a threshold level of active Cdk1 to form. Active Cdk1 then initiates the MPF auto-amplification loop requiring Greatwall-dependent phosphorylation of ARPP19 at S67. Thus ARPP19 integrates opposing PKA and Greatwall signals at a crossroads in meiotic M-phase control. |
Xenopus oocyte microinjection; phospho-specific mutants (S109A, S109D); kinase activity assays; PKA manipulation |
Nature communications |
High |
24525567
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| 2017 |
ARPP-16 (the striatum-enriched splice variant sharing the ARPP19 locus) is phosphorylated at Ser46 by MAST3 kinase in vitro and in vivo. This phosphorylation converts ARPP-16 into a selective inhibitor of B55α- and B56δ-containing PP2A heterotrimers. ARPP-16 interacts directly with the PP2A scaffolding A subunit. PKA phosphorylation at Ser88 opposes MAST3, causing dephosphorylation of Ser46 and disinhibition of PP2A. Conditional knockout of ARPP-16 results in dephosphorylation of PP2A substrates including phospho-Thr75-DARPP-32, phospho-T308-Akt, and phospho-T202/Y204-ERK. |
In vitro kinase assay; co-immunoprecipitation; conditional knockout mouse (CaMKIIα::cre/floxed ARPP-16/19); phospho-specific antibodies; PP2A activity assays |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
28167675
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| 2017 |
PKA phosphorylation and MAST3 phosphorylation of ARPP-16/19 are mutually suppressive: phosphorylation by PKA prevents MAST3 from acting and prevents PP2A inhibition by MAST3-phosphorylated ARPP-16. PKA also phosphorylates MAST3 at multiple sites, inhibiting MAST3 kinase activity. Together these interactions create a switch-like response to cAMP regulating PP2A activity in striatal neurons. |
In vitro kinase assays; mass spectrometry; mathematical modeling; phospho-mutant analysis |
eLife |
High |
28613156
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| 2019 |
Using conditional knockout mouse models, ARPP19 (but not ENSA) was found essential for mouse embryogenesis. Arpp19 ablation dramatically decreased MEF viability by perturbing the temporal pattern of protein dephosphorylation during mitotic progression, consistent with a drop in PP2A-B55 activity inhibition. ENSA could not compensate for ARPP19 loss in mitotic division. By contrast, ENSA ablation (but not ARPP19 ablation) perturbed S phase. |
Conditional knockout mouse models (Arpp19 and Ensa); mouse embryonic fibroblast viability assays; cell cycle analysis; phospho-protein timing analysis |
The Journal of cell biology |
High |
30626720
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| 2021 |
Molecular determinants of ARPP19's S67 phosphorylation confer high affinity and slow dephosphorylation kinetics when bound to PP2A-B55, enabling it to act as a competitive inhibitor of PP2A-B55 substrates. Phospho-S109 (PKA site) restricts S67 phosphorylation by increasing PP2A-B55-catalyzed dephosphorylation of S67, and a double feedback loop between S67 and S109 phosphorylation sites coordinates PP2A-B55 inhibition with Cyclin B/Cdk1 activation during cell division. |
In vitro phosphatase kinetics assays; phospho-mutant analysis; binding affinity measurements; Xenopus egg extract reconstitution |
Nature communications |
High |
34117214
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| 2021 |
PP2A-B55δ is the phosphatase responsible for dephosphorylating ARPP19 at S109 (the PKA site) to initiate prophase release in Xenopus oocytes. In prophase, PKA and PP2A-B55δ are simultaneously active. When progesterone reduces PKA activity, PP2A-B55δ dephosphorylates S109, unlocking the prophase block. Thus PP2A-B55δ acts at two distinct ARPP19 sites—opposing PKA (at S109) and being inhibited by Gwl-phosphorylated ARPP19 (at S67). |
Xenopus oocyte microinjection; phosphatase inhibitor experiments; PP2A-B55δ immunodepletion; phospho-specific assays |
Nature communications |
High |
33758202
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| 2023 |
Cryo-EM structures of PP2A:B55 bound to phosphorylated ARPP19 reveal that the intrinsically disordered ARPP19 binds PP2A:B55 using multiple distinct binding sites on the B55 subunit, explaining how both substrates and inhibitors are recruited to PP2A:B55. Complementary NMR spectroscopy confirmed the structural findings. The structures provide a molecular mechanism for PP2A:B55 inhibition by ARPP19. |
Single-particle cryo-EM; NMR spectroscopy; biophysical/biochemical assays |
Nature |
High |
38123684
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| 2025 |
ARPP19 is phosphorylated in a Cdk1-dependent manner at serine 23 (a site absent in mammalian ENSA) in mitotic human cells, and dephosphorylated at S23 during mitotic exit by the phosphatase Fcp1 (resistant to okadaic acid). Substituting endogenous ARPP19 with a S23-phosphorylation-resistant mutant increased chromosome segregation errors and accelerated mitotic exit; a phosphomimetic S23 mutant delayed mitotic exit. This phosphorylation switch grants timely mitotic exit and chromosome stability. |
Phospho-specific antibodies in human cells; CRISPR/endogenous substitution with phospho-mutants; phosphatase inhibitor experiments (okadaic acid); chromosome segregation assays; mitotic timing assays |
Communications biology |
High |
40447768
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| 2001 |
ARPP-16 and ARPP-19 are substrates for PKA; both proteins contain a conserved consensus PKA phosphorylation site (RKPSLVA). In striatal slices, ARPP-16 phosphorylation increases in response to D1 dopamine receptor activation and decreases with D2 dopamine receptor activation. In non-neuronal cells, ARPP-19 is highly phosphorylated in response to PKA activation. |
In vitro kinase assay; phospho-specific antibody immunoblotting; striatal slice pharmacology |
Journal of neurochemistry |
Medium |
11279279
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| 1990 |
ARPP-16 and ARPP-19 were purified to homogeneity and identified as substrates for cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). ARPP-19 contains 16 additional NH2-terminal amino acids compared to ARPP-16; both are encoded by related cDNA clones sharing identical 3'-untranslated sequences, suggesting they arise from alternative transcription/splicing. |
Protein purification; cDNA cloning and sequencing; in vitro PKA phosphorylation assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
2160982
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| 2002 |
ARPP-19 mediates NGF-dependent regulation of GAP-43 mRNA stability. In an NGF-dependent manner, ARPP-19 binds to the 3' region of GAP-43 mRNA that controls its half-life. Mutation of serine 104 (the PKA phosphorylation site) to alanine or aspartate abolished regulation of GAP-43 mRNA reporter expression in PC12 cells, demonstrating that PKA-dependent phosphorylation of ARPP-19 is required for this post-transcriptional function. |
RNA-protein binding assay; PC12 cell overexpression; reporter assays with 3'UTR constructs; site-directed mutagenesis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
12221279
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| 2017 |
Greatwall kinase-dependent phosphorylation of ARPP19 at S67 is dominant over PKA-dependent phosphorylation at S109 in controlling Cdk1 activation. Both PKA and Gwl phosphorylate ARPP19 independently of each other. Cdk1 is not directly involved in regulating the biological activity of ARPP19. |
Xenopus oocyte microinjection; phospho-specific mutants; kinase activity assays |
Cell cycle |
Medium |
28722544
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| 2020 |
In human platelets, ARPP19 S62 is phosphorylated by MASTL (or a related kinase) and both S62 and S104 are dephosphorylated by platelet PP2A. Only S62-phosphorylated ARPP19 (but not S104-phosphorylated) acts as a PP2A inhibitor in this context. The entire MASTL-ENSA/ARPP19-PP2A pathway is present and active in anucleate platelets. |
Proteomic analysis; recombinant protein phosphorylation assays with MASTL, PKA, PKG; phospho-mutant analysis; PP2A activity assays in platelets |
Cells |
Medium |
32085646
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| 2021 |
ARPP-19 and ARPP-16 are intrinsically disordered proteins. Their interaction with PP2A is mediated by a linear motif interacting with the PP2A A subunit (modest affinity), and both proteins transiently interact with the B56 subunit weakly via multiple interaction motifs. |
NMR spectroscopy; SAXS; microscale thermophoresis |
Frontiers in molecular biosciences |
Medium |
33842550
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| 2025 |
SF3B1 K700E mutation increases inclusion of ARPP19 exon 2, producing an ARPP19-long isoform that sustains PP2A-B55 inhibition and promotes mitotic progression. Ectopic expression of ARPP19-long accelerated mitotic exit. Pharmacological inhibition of DYRK1A or broad serine/threonine phosphatases shifted ARPP19 exon 2 inclusion in the same direction as SF3B1 K700E, indicating a kinase-phosphatase signaling axis influences this splice event. |
RNA-seq in K562 cells expressing SF3B1 K700E; siRNA knockdown of SF3B1 in HeLa cells; ectopic ARPP19-long overexpression; mitotic timing assays; pharmacological inhibition |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
bio_10.1101_2025.05.08.652831
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