title: Tyrosine phosphorylation of the vav proto-oncogene product in activated B cells.
abstract: Activation of B lymphocytes by engagement of their immunoglobulin M antigen receptors results in phosphorylation of a number of proteins on tyrosine residues. One such protein is p95vav, the product of the vav proto-oncogene. Tyrosine phosphorylation of p95vav occurred within seconds of immunoglobulin M cross-linking and was independent of other events induced during stimulation of B cells, such as protein kinase C activation, guanosine triphosphate-binding protein signaling, and calcium mobilization. Moreover, engagement of antigen receptors induced the rapid (approximately 5 seconds) and transient (approximately 60 seconds) association of p95vav with a 70-kilodalton tyrosine-phosphorylated protein, Vap-1, an interaction mediated by the Src homology 2 domain of p95vav. These results suggest that the vav proto-oncogene participates in the signaling processes that mediate the antigen-induced activation of B lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000.
authors.forename: X R
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Bustelo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbacid
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D007700:Kinetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051567:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051567:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav; C496619:Vav1 protein, mouse; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases