title: Phosphatidylinositol linkage of a truncated form of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor.
abstract: The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor is usually anchored to the plasma membrane through a membrane-spanning hydrophobic amino acid sequence that splits the molecule into two approximately equal pieces, an amino-terminal external domain that contains the binding site for PDGF and a carboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic domain that includes the tyrosine kinase coding sequences. Here we report the expression of a truncated PDGF receptor that consists of the extracellular domain without the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. Unexpectedly, this form of the receptor that lacks a hydrophobic membrane-anchoring sequence was bound to the membrane and was not secreted into the culture media. Conventional methods to dissociate noncovalent protein-protein interactions failed to release the protein from the membrane. When the transmembrane and cytoplasmic sequences were artificially deleted from the PDGF receptor, the truncated extracellular domain was anchored to the membrane through phospholipids and could be released by phospholipase C treatment. This truncated form of the receptor bound PDGF with an affinity 5-20-fold lower than the full-length receptor.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0724.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Orchansky
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Escobedo
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D005796:Genes; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor