scholarly journals Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsule Biosynthesis Protein CpsB Is a Novel Manganese-Dependent Phosphotyrosine-Protein Phosphatase

2002 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 577-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy K. Morona ◽  
Renato Morona ◽  
David C. Miller ◽  
James C. Paton
Keyword(s):  
Streptococcus Pneumoniae ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Conserved Motifs ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Capsule Locus ◽  
Phosphotyrosine Protein Phosphatase

ABSTRACT The first four genes of the capsule locus (cps) of Streptococcus pneumoniae (cpsA to cpsD) are common to most serotypes. We have previously determined that CpsD is an autophosphorylating protein-tyrosine kinase, demonstrated that CpsC is required for CpsD tyrosine-phosphorylation, and shown that CpsB is required for dephosphorylation of CpsD. In the present study we show that CpsB is a novel manganese-dependent phosphotyrosine-protein phosphatase that belongs to the PHP (polymerase and histidinol phosphatase) family of phosphoesterases. We also show that an S. pneumoniae strain with point mutations in cpsB, affecting one of the conserved motifs of CpsB, is unencapsulated and appears to be morphologically identical to a strain in which the cpsB gene had been deleted.

scholarly journals Cells of Escherichia coli Contain a Protein-Tyrosine Kinase, Wzc, and a Phosphotyrosine-Protein Phosphatase, Wzb

1999 ◽  
Vol 181 (11) ◽  
pp. 3472-3477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Vincent ◽  
Patricia Doublet ◽  
Christophe Grangeasse ◽  
Elisabeth Vaganay ◽  
Alain J. Cozzone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Affinity Chromatography ◽  
Protein Phosphorylation ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Reversible Protein Phosphorylation ◽  
Phosphotyrosine Protein Phosphatase

ABSTRACT Two proteins of Escherichia coli, termed Wzc and Wzb, were analyzed for their capacity to participate in the reversible phosphorylation of proteins on tyrosine. First, Wzc was overproduced from its specific gene and purified to homogeneity by affinity chromatography. Upon incubation in the presence of radioactive ATP, it was found to effectively autophosphorylate. Two-dimensional analysis of its phosphoamino acid content revealed that it was modified exclusively at tyrosine. Second, Wzb was also overproduced from the corresponding gene and purified to homogeneity by affinity chromatography. It was shown to contain a phosphatase activity capable of cleaving the synthetic substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate intop-nitrophenol and free phosphate. In addition, it was assayed on individual phosphorylated amino acids and appeared to dephosphorylate specifically phosphotyrosine, with no effect on phosphoserine or phosphothreonine. Such specificity for phosphotyrosine was confirmed by the observation that Wzb was able to dephosphorylate previously autophosphorylated Wzc. Together, these data demonstrate, for the first time, that E. coli cells contain both a protein-tyrosine kinase and a phosphotyrosine-protein phosphatase. They also provide evidence that this phosphatase can utilize the kinase as an endogenous substrate, which suggests the occurrence of a regulatory mechanism connected with reversible protein phosphorylation on tyrosine. From comparative analysis of amino acid sequences, Wzc was found to be similar to a number of proteins present in other bacterial species which are all involved in the synthesis or export of exopolysaccharides. Since these polymers are considered important virulence factors, we suggest that reversible protein phosphorylation on tyrosine may be part of the cascade of reactions that determine the pathogenicity of bacteria.

Protein-tyrosine Kinase p72 syk Is Activated by Platelet Activating Factor in Platelets

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (06) ◽  
pp. 937-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Rezaul ◽  
Shigeru Yanagi ◽  
Kiyonao Sada ◽  
Takanobu Taniguchi ◽  
Hirohei Yamamura
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Platelet Activating Factor ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Induced Aggregation

SummaryIt has been demonstrated that activation of platelets by platelet-activating factor (PAF) results in a dramatic increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of several cellular proteins. We report here that p72 syk is a potential candidate for the protein-tyrosine phosphorylation following PAF stimulation in porcine platelets. Immunoprecipitation kinase assay revealed that PAF stimulation resulted in a rapid activation of p72 syk which peaked at 10 s. The level of activation was found to be dose dependent and could be completely inhibited by the PAF receptor antagonist, CV3988. Phosphorylation at the tyrosine residues of p72 syk coincided with activation of yllsyk. Pretreatment of platelets with aspirin and apyrase did not affect PAF induced activation of p72 syk .Furthermore, genistein, a potent protein-tyrosine-kinase inhibitor, diminished PAF-induced p72 syk activation and Ca2+ mobilization as well as platelet aggregation. These results suggest that p72 syk may play a critical role in PAF-induced aggregation, possibly through regulation of Ca2+ mobilization.

Activation of c-Src in cells bearing v-Crk and its suppression by Csk

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4706-4713
Author(s):  
H Sabe ◽  
M Okada ◽  
H Nakagawa ◽  
H Hanafusa
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Src Kinase ◽  
Cellular Protein ◽  
Morphological Transformation ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
In Cells

The protein product of the CT10 virus, p47gag-crk (v-Crk), which contains Src homology region 2 (SH2) and 3 (SH3) domains but lacks a kinase domain, is believed to cause an increase in cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation. A candidate tyrosine kinase, Csk (C-terminal Src kinase), has been implicated in c-Src Tyr-527 phosphorylation, which negatively regulates the protein tyrosine kinase of pp60c-src (c-Src). To investigate how c-Src kinase activity is regulated in vivo, we first looked at whether v-Crk can activate c-Src kinase. We found that cooverexpression of v-Crk and c-Src caused elevation of c-Src kinase activity, resulting in an increase of tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins and morphological transformation of rat 3Y1 fibroblasts. v-Crk and c-Src complexes were not detected, although v-Crk bound to a variety of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in cells overexpressing v-Crk and c-Src. Overexpression of Csk in these transformed cells caused reversion to normal phenotypes and also reduced the level of c-Src kinase activity. However, Csk did not cause reversion of cells transformed by v-Src or c-Src527F, in which Tyr-527 was changed to Phe. These results strongly suggest that Csk acts on Tyr-527 of c-Src and suppresses c-Src kinase activity in vivo. Because Csk can suppress transformation by cooverexpression of v-Crk and c-Src, we suggest that v-Crk causes activation of c-Src in vivo by altering the phosphorylation state of Tyr-527.

Autonomous expression of a noncatalytic domain of the focal adhesion-associated protein tyrosine kinase pp125FAK

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 785-791
Author(s):  
M D Schaller ◽  
C A Borgman ◽  
J T Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Focal Adhesion ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Signal Transduction Pathway ◽  
Focal Adhesions ◽  
Cellular Adhesion ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Intracellular Signals ◽  
Embryo Cells

Integrins play a central role in cellular adhesion and anchorage of the cytoskeleton and participate in the generation of intracellular signals, including tyrosine phosphorylation. We have recently isolated a cDNA encoding a unique, focal adhesion-associated protein tyrosine kinase (FAK) that is a component of an integrin-mediated signal transduction pathway. Here we report the isolation of cDNAs encoding the C-terminal, noncatalytic domain of the FAK kinase, termed FRNK (FAK-related nonkinase). Both the FAK- and FRNK-encoded polypeptides, pp125FAK and p41/p43FRNK, are expressed in normal chicken embryo cells. pp125FAK and p41/p43FRNK were localized to focal adhesions, suggesting that pp125FAK is directed to the focal adhesions by sequences within its C-terminal domain. We also show that the fibronectin-dependent increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of pp125FAK is accompanied by a concomitant posttranslational modification of p41FRNK.

The GPI-anchored adhesion molecule F3 induces tyrosine phosphorylation: involvement of the FNIII repeats

1996 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cervello ◽  
V. Matranga ◽  
P. Durbec ◽  
G. Rougon ◽  
S. Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Cho Cells ◽  
Intracellular Signaling ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Intracellular Signaling Pathway ◽  
Type Iii ◽  
Cell Cell

The glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored F3 molecule, a member of the Ig superfamily made up of Ig and FNIII-like domains, is involved in cell-cell adhesion, neuronal pathfinding and fasciculation. Little is known about the mechanism(s) that governs the F3-mediated cell-cell recognition. In particular, it is not known whether F3 transduces signals across the membrane. Here we show that in F3-transfected CHO cells (1A cells) an increase in tyrosine phosphorylation occurs during F3-mediated aggregation. Moreover, under aggregation conditions F3 immunoprecipitated from 32P-metabolically labeled 1A cells associated with three major phosphorylated proteins. Interestingly, genistein inhibited the F3-mediated aggregation. Increased tyrosine phosphorylation was also observed using antibody-mediated F3-cross-linking. Furthermore, F3 expressed both in 1A cells and in post-natal mouse cerebellum forms non-covalent soluble complexes with protein tyrosine kinase(s). In cerebellum the F3-associated kinase was identified as fyn. By contrast, a truncated F3 protein, expressed in CHO cells, from which all the FN type III repeats have been deleted, does not associate with a kinase. Cross-linking of the F3-truncated form does not induce modulation of tyrosine phosphorylation. Taken together these data demonstrate that F3 is a molecule that transduces signals through both association with protein tyrosine kinase and modulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation. The presence of FN type III domains is essential for the activation of the intracellular signaling pathway.

scholarly journals Tyrosine phosphorylation of BCR by FPS/FES protein-tyrosine kinases induces association of BCR with GRB-2/SOS.

1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 835-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Maru ◽  
K L Peters ◽  
D E Afar ◽  
M Shibuya ◽  
O N Witte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Sh2 Domain ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Ras Signaling ◽  
Cytoplasmic Protein ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Protein Tyrosine

The human bcr gene encodes a protein with serine/threonine kinase activity, CDC24/dbl homology, a GAP domain, and an SH2-binding region. However, the precise physiological functions of BCR are unknown. Coexpression of BCR with the cytoplasmic protein-tyrosine kinase encoded by the c-fes proto-oncogene in Sf-9 cells resulted in stable BCR-FES protein complex formation and tyrosine phosphorylation of BCR. Association involves the SH2 domain of FES and a novel binding domain localized to the first 347 amino acids of the FES N-terminal region. Deletion of the homologous N-terminal BCR-binding domain from v-fps, a fes-related transforming oncogene, abolished transforming activity and tyrosine phosphorylation of BCR in vivo. Tyrosine phosphorylation of BCR in v-fps-transformed cells induced its association with GRB-2/SOS, the RAS guanine nucleotide exchange factor complex. These data provide evidence that BCR couples the cytoplasmic protein-tyrosine kinase and RAS signaling pathways.

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