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cPLA2 is phosphorylated and activated by MAP kinase.

Treatment of cells with agents that stimulate the release of arachidonic acid causes increased serine phosphorylation and activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 ( cPLA2). Here we report that cPLA2 is a substrate for mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase. Moreover, phosphorylation by MAP kinase increases the enzymatic activity of cPLA2. The site of cPLA2 phosphorylation by MAP kinase, Ser-505, is identical to the major site of cPLA2 phosphorylation observed in phorbol ester-treated cells. Replacement of Ser-505 with Ala resulted in a mutant cPLA2 that is not a substrate for MAP kinase and causes little or no enhanced agonist-stimulated arachidonate release from intact cells. Taken together, these data indicate that MAP kinase mediates, at least in part, the agonist-induced activation of cPLA2.[1]

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  1. cPLA2 is phosphorylated and activated by MAP kinase. Lin, L.L., Wartmann, M., Lin, A.Y., Knopf, J.L., Seth, A., Davis, R.J. Cell (1993) [Pubmed]
 
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