title: A novel recognition motif for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase binding mediates its association with the hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor.
abstract: The pleiotropic effects (mitogenesis, motogenesis, and morphogenesis) elicited by hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) are mediated by the activation of the tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by the MET proto-oncogene. Following autophosphorylation, the receptor associates with the p85/110 phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase complex in vivo and in vitro. By a combination of two complementary approaches, competition with synthetic phosphopeptides and association with Tyr-Phe receptor mutants, we have identified Y-1349 and Y-1356 in the HGF/SF receptor as the binding sites for PI 3-kinase. Y-1349VHV and Y-1356VNV do not conform to the canonical consensus sequence YXXM for PI 3-kinase binding and thus define YVXV as a novel recognition motif. Y-1349 and Y-1356 are located within the C-terminal portion of the HGF/SF receptor and are phosphorylation sites. The affinity of the N- and C-terminal src homology region 2 (SH2) domains of p85 for the phosphopeptides including Y-1349 and Y-1356 is 2 orders of magnitude lower than that measured for Y-751 in the platelet-derived growth factor receptor binding site. However, the closely spaced duplication of the novel recognition motif in the native HGF/SF receptor may allow binding with both SH2 domains of p85, thus generating an efficient docking site for PI 3-kinase. In agreement with this model, we have observed that a phosphopeptide including both Y-1349 and Y-1356 activates PI 3-kinase in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Oncology, University of Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ponzetto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bardelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maina
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Longati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panayotou
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhand
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Waterfield
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Comoglio
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met