title: Epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor T669 peptide kinase from 3T3-L1 cells is an EGF-stimulated "MAP" kinase.
abstract: The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor is both an activator and a target of growth factor-stimulated kinases involved in cellular signaling. Threonine-669 (T669) of the EGF receptor is phosphorylated in response to a wide variety of growth-modulating agents. MAP kinase is similarly phosphorylated as well as stimulated by growth activators, including EGF. To determine whether a MAP-type kinase is responsible for T669 kinase activity in EGF-stimulated 3T3-L1 cells, we partially purified and characterized the T669 peptide kinase. The results indicate that a MAP kinase phosphorylates the T669 peptide and raise the possibility that this enzyme may participate in a feedback loop, being activated by the EGF receptor and in turn phosphorylating the receptor.
authors.affiliation: Ben May Institute, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takishima
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Griswold-Prenner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ingebritsen
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rosner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013912:Threonine
chemical_list: D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D013912:Threonine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases