title: Purification and characterization of a human recombinant T-cell protein-tyrosine-phosphatase from a baculovirus expression system.
abstract: A 48-kDa human T-cell protein-tyrosine-phosphatase (TC.PTPase) and a truncated form missing an 11-kDa C-terminal segment (TC delta C11.PTPase) were expressed by using the baculovirus system and characterized after extensive purification. The full-length PTPase was restricted to the particulate fraction of the cells from which it could be released by a combination of salt and detergent. The enzyme was entirely specific for phosphotyrosine residues. It displayed a low level of activity toward phosphorylated, reduced, carboxamidomethylated, and maleylated lysozyme (RCML), but was 12 times more active toward phosphorylated myelin basic protein (MBP). By contrast, the 37-kDa form localized in the soluble fraction, and its activity toward RCML was 5 times higher than that observed with MBP. The autophosphorylated cytoplasmic domain of the EGF receptor served as substrate for both enzymes. Limited proteolysis of either protein gave rise to a 33-kDa fragment displaying the substrate specificity of the truncated form. These data lend further support to the view that the C-terminal segment of the T-cell PTPase serves a regulatory function, playing an important role in the localization and substrate specificity of the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Zander
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lorenzen
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Cool
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Tonks
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daum
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases