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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 145, Number 5, May 31, 1999 951-959



* Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and the Subcellular localization directed by specific
targeting motifs is an emerging theme for regulating
signal transduction pathways. For cAMP-dependent
protein kinase (PKA), this is achieved primarily by
its association with A-kinase-anchoring proteins
(AKAPs). Dual specificity AKAP1, (D-AKAP1) binds
to both type I and type II regulatory subunits and has
two NH2-terminal (N0 and N1) and two COOH-terminal (C1 and C2) splice variants (. J.
Biol. Chem. 272:8057). Here we report that the splice
variants of D-AKAP1 are expressed in a tissue-specific
manner with the NH2-terminal motifs serving as
switches to localize D-AKAP1 at different sites. Northern blots showed that the N1 splice is expressed primarily in liver, while the C1 splice is predominant in testis. The C2 splice shows a general expression pattern. Microinjecting expression constructs of D-AKAP1(N0)
epitope-tagged at either the NH2 or the COOH terminus showed their localization to the mitochondria
based on immunocytochemistry. Deletion of N0(1-30) abolished mitochondrial targeting while N0(1-30)-GFP
localized to mitochondria. Residues 1-30 of N0 are
therefore necessary and sufficient for mitochondria
targeting. Addition of the 33 residues of N1 targets
D-AKAP1 to the ER and residues 1-63 fused to GFP are necessary and sufficient for ER targeting. Residues
14-33 of N1 are especially important for targeting to
ER; however, residues 1-33 alone fused to GFP gave a
diffuse distribution. N1(14-33) thus serves two functions: (a) it suppresses the mitochondrial-targeting motif located within residues 1-30 of N0 and (b) it exposes
an ER-targeting motif that is at least partially contained within the N0(1-30) motif. This represents the
first example of a differentially targeted AKAP and
adds an additional level of complexity to the PKA signaling network.
National Center for Microscopy and
Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0654
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