title: Binding of Vav to Grb2 through dimerization of Src homology 3 domains.
abstract: The protooncogenic protein Vav has the structure of an intracellular signal transducer. It is exclusively expressed in cells of hematopoietic lineage and plays a crucial role in hematopoietic cell differentiation. Here we report that both in cell extracts and within intact mammalian cells Vav binds to Grb2 (Sem-5/ASH/Drk), an adaptor molecule which plays a key role in Ras activation. The interaction became evident from a yeast two-hybrid screen and its specificity was demonstrated by in vitro binding assays. It is mediated by an unusual protein-protein binding reaction: dimerization of specific intact Src homology 3 domains of each of the partners. Signaling during hematopoietic lineage differentiation may therefore involve the tissue-specific signal transducer Vav linking into the ubiquitous pathway involving Grb2 and ultimately Ras.
authors: Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors: Z S
authors: ZS
authors: Ye
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Baltimore
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051567:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495948:GRB2 protein, human; C495949:Grb2 protein, mouse; D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051567:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav; C496618:VAV1 protein, human; C496619:Vav1 protein, mouse