Nucleoside diphosphate kinase A (NME1) catalyses its own oligophosphorylation.

ABSTRACT: Protein phosphorylation is a central signalling mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The scope of this post-translational modification includes protein pyro- and polyphosphorylation. Here we report the discovery of another mode of phosphorylation: protein oligophosphorylation. Using site-specifically phosphorylated and pyrophosphorylated nucleoside diphosphate kinase A (NME1), the effects of these modifications on enzyme activity were investigated. Phosphorylation, and more so pyrophosphorylation, on Thr94 reduced the nucleoside diphosphate kinase activity. Nevertheless, both phosphoprotein and pyrophosphoprotein catalysed their own oligophosphorylation-up to the formation of a hexaphosphate chain-using ATP as a cofactor. Oligophosphorylation was critically dependent on the catalytic histidine r

SUBMITTER: Celik A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12580328 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature