| 2002 |
Yeast piD261/Bud32 (ortholog of TP53RK) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase; mutational analysis showed that despite low sequence similarity, invariant residues of protein kinases are conserved. Autophosphorylation at Ser-187 and Ser-189 in the activation loop is required for full catalytic activity; Ser→Ala mutation abolished the upshifted SDS/PAGE band and reduced catalytic activity. Notably, the protein lacks the canonical lysyl residue that interacts with ATP gamma-phosphate, replaced by a threonine. |
Recombinant protein expression in E. coli, site-directed mutagenesis, in vitro kinase assay, SDS/PAGE mobility shift |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
12023889
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| 2002 |
Yeast piD261/Bud32 preferentially phosphorylates acidic substrates in vitro, recognizing seryl residues specified by adjacent carboxylic side chains, distinguishing it from most Ser/Thr kinases that favor basic or proline-directed sites. |
In vitro kinase assay with acidic proteins and synthetic peptides |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
12207926
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| 2003 |
Human PRPK (TP53RK) phosphorylates p53 at Ser-15 in vitro and interacts with p53 protein; yeast Bud32 also phosphorylates human p53 in vitro and interacts with it, demonstrating functional conservation across distant organisms. PRPK partially complements the growth defect of yeast lacking BUD32. |
In vitro kinase assay, protein-protein interaction assay, yeast complementation |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
12914926
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| 2003 |
CGI-121 (TPRKB) directly interacts with PRPK (TP53RK) both in vivo and in vitro. Recombinant CGI-121 inhibits the coprecipitation of p53 by recombinant PRPK in vitro, indicating CGI-121 can act as an inhibitor of PRPK–p53 binding. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation in vivo and in vitro, recombinant protein competition assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
12659830
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| 2004 |
Yeast Bud32 directly phosphorylates the glutaredoxin Grx4 at Ser-134 in vitro. Bud32 also interacts with the putative glycoprotease Kae1 (Ykr038/Kae1) and this interaction is evolutionarily conserved. The phosphotransferase activity of Bud32 is relevant to its in vivo function, but non-catalytic mutants that retain native conformation can partially complement gene deletion, indicating additional non-kinase roles. |
Yeast two-hybrid, in vitro kinase assay, phosphosite mapping, complementation of deletion mutant |
The Biochemical journal |
Medium |
14519092
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| 2006 |
The small Ras-like GTPase Ray/Rab1c (Rab35) directly binds PRPK and redistributes overexpressed PRPK from nucleus to cytosol. Both wild-type Ray and a GTP-binding locked mutant (Ray-Q67L), but not a guanine nucleotide-unstable mutant (Ray-N120I), suppressed PRPK-induced p53 transcriptional activity, indicating GTP binding to Ray is required for this regulatory function. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, subcellular localization by immunofluorescence, transcriptional reporter assay with mutant analysis |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
16600182
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| 2007 |
PRPK (TP53RK) is phosphorylated and activated by Akt/PKB at Ser-250. Recombinant PRPK is phosphorylated in vitro by Akt; co-transfection of Akt with wild-type PRPK but not Ser250Ala mutant increased PRPK phosphorylation. Akt co-expression increased PRPK-dependent p53 Ser-15 phosphorylation, which was abolished by the Akt pathway inhibitor LY294002, establishing Akt as an upstream activating kinase for PRPK. |
In vitro kinase assay, phospho-specific antibody, site-directed mutagenesis (Ser250Ala), cell co-transfection, pharmacological inhibition (LY294002) |
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS |
High |
17712528
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| 2008 |
Crystal structure of the archaeal Kae1/Bud32 fusion protein MJ1130 revealed that Kae1 (Kae1p) maintains the Bud32 kinase ATP-binding site in an inactive configuration. Yeast Kae1p was shown to repress the kinase activity of yeast Bud32p in vitro. Mutations disrupting the Kae1p/Bud32p interaction in yeast abolished both transcription and telomere homeostasis functions of the EKC/KEOPS complex. |
X-ray crystallography, in vitro kinase repression assay, site-directed mutagenesis of protein-protein interface, yeast genetics |
The EMBO journal |
High |
19172740
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| 2010 |
siRNA-mediated knockdown of TP53RK accelerated caspase-3/7 activation and cell death after mitotic arrest induced by paclitaxel or PLK1 inhibitor, without affecting mitotic entry kinetics. This places TP53RK as a restrainer of apoptosis specifically after mitotic stress. |
siRNA knockdown, caspase-3/7 activation assay, time-lapse microscopy |
Cancer research |
Medium |
20647325
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| 2015 |
Crystal structure of the yeast Bud32/Cgi121 complex with ADP showed ADP bound in the Bud32 catalytic site in a canonical PKA-family manner. The full yeast KEOPS complex exists as a linear heteropentamer (Gon7–Pcc1–Kae1–Bud32–Cgi121), distinct from the archaeal homodimeric Pcc1 arrangement. |
X-ray crystallography, analytical ultracentrifugation, structural modeling |
Nucleic acids research |
High |
25735745
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| 2018 |
PRPK (TP53RK) is phosphorylated by TOPK (T-LAK cell-originated protein kinase); knockdown of TOPK inhibited PRPK phosphorylation in vivo. Active phospho-PRPK promoted skin carcinogenesis; topical PRPK inhibitors (rocuronium bromide or betamethasone 17-valerate) attenuated TOPK-dependent PRPK signaling and reduced cutaneous SCC development in mice. |
siRNA knockdown, in vivo mouse carcinogenesis model, pharmacological inhibition, phosphorylation analysis |
Oncogene |
Medium |
29904102
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| 2018 |
Active PRPK does not phosphorylate p53 directly (negative result in in vitro kinase assay). Instead, PRPK phosphorylates survivin (Birc5) at Thr-34, which is important for survivin stability, and this promotes colon cancer metastasis. |
In vitro kinase assay, knockdown, in vivo metastasis mouse model |
Molecular cancer therapeutics |
Medium |
29483219
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| 2019 |
TP53 indirectly mediates degradation of TPRKB (CGI-121); this degradation was rescued by co-expression of PRPK (TP53RK), indicating PRPK stabilizes TPRKB. Depletion of other EKC/KEOPS members had TP53-independent effects, supporting complex-independent functions of TPRKB distinct from those of PRPK. |
shRNA knockdown, proteasome inhibition rescue experiment, cell proliferation assay, co-expression rescue |
Molecular cancer research : MCR |
Medium |
31110156
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| 2021 |
Crystal structure of the human PRPK–TPRKB complex at 2.53 Å resolution revealed PRPK in an active conformation with AMPPNP coordinated, despite lacking a conventional activation loop. Structural mapping showed the disease-associated mutation PRPK K238Nfs*2 abolishes binding to OSGEP (Kae1), positioning this interaction as critical for complex assembly. |
X-ray crystallography, binding assay (PRPK mutant vs. OSGEP), structural modeling of full human KEOPS complex |
Communications biology |
High |
33547416
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| 2022 |
Bud32 (TP53RK ortholog) functions primarily as an ATPase rather than a classical protein kinase within the KEOPS complex; its ATPase activity is required for t6A tRNA modification. Bud32 also facilitates tRNA substrate recruitment to KEOPS and helps position tRNA A37 in the Kae1 active site. |
In vitro ATPase assay, tRNA binding assay, t6A modification assay, yeast complementation growth assay |
Methods in enzymology |
High |
35525560
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| 2022 |
A novel homozygous TP53RK missense variant (p.Arg55Gly) causing Galloway-Mowat syndrome was functionally validated: morpholino knockdown of tp53rk in Xenopus laevis caused abnormal eye and head development, rescued by wild-type human TP53RK but not by the p.Arg55Gly mutant or a previously described p.Gly42Asp mutant, demonstrating loss of function for these variants. |
Xenopus morpholino knockdown, mRNA rescue experiment with wild-type and mutant TP53RK |
Human mutation |
Medium |
36116039
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| 2023 |
TP53RK phosphorylates Birc5 (survivin) and facilitates its nuclear translocation; nuclear Birc5 activates PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways to promote renal fibrosis. Specific deletion of TP53RK in renal tubular cells or fibroblasts in mice mitigated renal fibrosis, and pharmacological inhibition with fusidic acid ameliorated kidney fibrosis. |
Conditional gene knockout in mice, in vitro kinase assay, subcellular fractionation, pharmacological inhibition, CKD mouse models |
Advanced science |
High |
37382161
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| 2024 |
Cryo-EM structures of KEOPS with and without tRNA substrate revealed distinct tRNA flexibility and a conformational change enabling tRNA modification by Kae1. A contact between a flipped-out base of tRNA and an arginine in the C-terminal tail of Bud32 correlates with the tRNA conformational change. Contact surfaces within the KEOPS-tRNA holo-enzyme were identified that are required for Bud32 ATPase regulation and t6A modification activity, clarifying how Bud32 contributes to substrate specificity. |
Cryo-electron microscopy, mutagenesis of Bud32 C-terminal tail, t6A modification assay, ATPase assay |
Nature communications |
High |
39639027
|
| 2025 |
TP53RK stabilizes CDC7 (cell division cycle 7 kinase), ensuring MCM complex phosphorylation and replication fork progression; TP53RK depletion reduced MCM2 enrichment at replication origins and induced DNA replication stress, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest independent of p53 status. |
CRISPR screen, TP53RK knockdown/knockout, MCM ChIP, DNA fiber assay, co-expression analysis |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
41102525
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