scholarly journals Investigation of Catalytic Loop Structure, Dynamics, and Function Relationship of Yersinia Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase by Temperature-Jump Relaxation Spectroscopy and X-ray Structural Determination

2012 ◽  
Vol 116 (21) ◽  
pp. 6166-6176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Ke ◽  
Meng-Chiao Ho ◽  
Nickolay Zhadin ◽  
Hua Deng ◽  
Robert Callender
Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 823
Author(s):  
Shinya Hanashima ◽  
Takanori Nakane ◽  
Eiichi Mizohata

Membrane proteins reside in the lipid bilayer of biomembranes and the structure and function of these proteins are closely related to their interactions with lipid molecules. Structural analyses of interactions between membrane proteins and lipids or detergents that constitute biological or artificial model membranes are important for understanding the functions and physicochemical properties of membrane proteins and biomembranes. Determination of membrane protein structures is much more difficult when compared with that of soluble proteins, but the development of various new technologies has accelerated the elucidation of the structure-function relationship of membrane proteins. This review summarizes the development of heavy atom derivative detergents and lipids that can be used for structural analysis of membrane proteins and their interactions with detergents/lipids, including their application with X-ray free-electron laser crystallography.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Liu ◽  
Cheng-Kui Qu

SHP-2 (PTPN11), a ubiquitously expressed protein tyrosine phosphatase, is critical for hematopoietic cell development and function owing to its essential role in growth factor/cytokine signaling. More importantly, germline and somatic mutations in this phosphatase are associated with Noonan syndrome, Leopard syndrome, and childhood hematologic malignancies. The molecular mechanisms by which SHP-2 mutations induce these diseases are not fully understood, as the biochemical bases of SHP-2 functions still remain elusive. Further understanding SHP-2 signaling activities and identification of its interacting proteins/substrates will shed light on the pathogenesis of PTPN11-associated hematologic malignancies, which, in turn, may lead to novel therapeutics for these diseases.


Biochemistry ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (39) ◽  
pp. 8352-8361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Belgi ◽  
Mohammed A. Hossain ◽  
Fazel Shabanpoor ◽  
Linda Chan ◽  
Suode Zhang ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 565-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter W. Kenny ◽  
Janet Newman ◽  
Thomas S. Peat

The X-ray crystal structure of the complex of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B with nitrate anion has been determined and modelled quantum-mechanically. Two protomers were present in the structure, one with the mechanistically important WPD loop closed and the other with this loop open. Nitrate was observed bound to each protomer, making close contacts with the S atom of the catalytic cysteine and a tyrosine residue from a crystallographically related protomer.


2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (22) ◽  
pp. 9299-9319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Witten ◽  
Lisa Wissler ◽  
Melanie Snow ◽  
Stefan Geschwindner ◽  
Jon A. Read ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 178 (7) ◽  
pp. 1223-1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Wyatt ◽  
Carol Wadham ◽  
Lesley A. Crocker ◽  
Michael Lardelli ◽  
Yeesim Khew-Goodall

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), crucial during embryogenesis for new tissue and organ formation, is also considered to be a prerequisite to cancer metastasis. We report here that the protein tyrosine phosphatase Pez is expressed transiently in discrete locations in developing brain, heart, pharyngeal arches, and somites in zebrafish embryos. We also find that Pez knock-down results in defects in these organs, indicating a crucial role in organogenesis. Overexpression of Pez in epithelial MDCK cells causes EMT, with a drastic change in cell morphology and function that is accompanied by changes in gene expression typical of EMT. Transfection of Pez induced TGFβ signaling, critical in developmental EMT with a likely role also in oncogenic EMT. In zebrafish, TGFβ3 is co- expressed with Pez in a number of tissues and its expression was lost from these tissues when Pez expression was knocked down. Together, our data suggest Pez plays a crucial role in organogenesis by inducing TGFβ and EMT.


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