Open AccessPhosphorylation of ARHGAP19 by CDK1 and ROCK regulates its subcellular localization and function during mitosis
Author(s) -
Claire Marceaux,
D. Petit,
Jacques Bertoglio,
Muriel D. David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cell science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.384
H-Index - 278
eISSN - 1477-9137
pISSN - 0021-9533
DOI - 10.1242/jcs.208397
Subject(s) - cytokinesis , prometaphase , rhoa , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , mitosis , phosphorylation , cyclin dependent kinase 1 , metaphase , cleavage furrow , anaphase , cell cycle , cell division , biochemistry , cell , signal transduction , gene , chromosome
ARHGAP19 is a hematopoietic-specific RhoGAP that acts through the RhoA/ROCK pathway to critically regulate cell elongation and cytokinesis during lymphocyte mitosis. We report here that during mitosis progression, ARHGAP19 is sequentially phosphorylated by the RhoA-activated kinase ROCK on serine residue 422 and by CDK1 on threonine residues 404 and 476. The phosphorylation of ARHGAP19 by ROCK occurs before mitosis onset and generates a binding site for 14-3-3 family proteins. ARHGAP19 is then phosphorylated by CDK1 in prometaphase. The docking of 14-3-3 proteins to phosphorylated S422 protects ARHGAP19 from dephosphorylation of the threonine sites and prevents ARHGAP19 from relocating to the plasma membrane during prophase and metaphase, thus allowing RhoA to become activated. Disruption of these phosphorylation sites results in premature localization of ARHGAP19 at the cell membrane and in its enrichment to the equatorial cortex in anaphase leading to cytokinesis failure and cell multinucleation.