title: Cloning and characterization of cell adhesion kinase beta, a novel protein-tyrosine kinase of the focal adhesion kinase subfamily.
abstract: A second protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK) of the focal adhesion kinase (FAK) subfamily, cell adhesion kinase beta (CAK beta), was identified by cDNA cloning. The rat CAK beta is a 115.7-kDa PTK that contains N- and C-terminal domains of 418 and 330 amino acid residues besides the central kinase domain. The rat CAK beta has a homology with mouse FAK over their entire lengths except for the extreme N-terminal 88 residues and shares 45% overall sequence identity (60% identical in the catalytic domain), which indicates that CAK beta is a protein structurally related to but different from FAK. The CAK beta gene is less evenly expressed in a variety of rat organs than the FAK gene. Anti-CAK beta antibody immunoprecipitated a 113-kDa protein from rat brain, 3Y1 fibroblasts, and COS-7 cells transfected with CAK beta cDNA. The tyrosine-phosphorylated state of CAK beta was not reduced on trypsinization, nor enhanced in response to plating 3Y1 cells onto fibronectin. CAK beta localized to sites of cell-to-cell contact in COS-7 transfected with CAK beta cDNA, in which FAK was found at the bottom of the cells. Thus, CAK beta is a PTK possibly participating in the signal transduction regulated by cell-to-cell contacts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tobioka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human