title: Mitogen-activated protein kinase stimulation by a tyrosine kinase-negative epidermal growth factor receptor.
abstract: Mutation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) within the ATP binding subdomain results in a receptor that lacks tyrosine kinase activity and is defective in signal transduction. However, this kinase-negative EGF-R is able to activate MAP kinase (Campos-Gonzalez, R., and Glenny, J. R. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 14535-14538). This observation suggests that signal initiation by the EGF-R can occur by a mechanism that is independent of the receptor tyrosine kinase activity. Here, we report that the kinase-negative EGF-R is phosphorylated on tyrosine in EGF-treated cells. The mechanism of tyrosine phosphorylation can be accounted for by the action of EGF to stimulate a protein kinase activity that is associated with the kinase-negative EGF-R. This protein kinase activity is not intrinsic to the receptor and can be separated from the EGF-R by incubation with 0.5 M NaCl. MAP kinase activation by the kinase-negative EGF-R may therefore occur by a mechanism that requires a receptor-associated tyrosine kinase. Thus, it is unnecessary to propose a novel kinase-independent mechanism of signal initiation to account for MAP kinase activation by the kinase-negative EGF-R.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01605.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Selva
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Raden
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D006224:Cricetinae; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008934:Mitogens; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D011494:Protein Kinases; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases