title: Abl protein-tyrosine kinase selects the Crk adapter as a substrate using SH3-binding sites.
abstract: To understand the normal and oncogenic functions of the protein-tyrosine kinase Abl, the yeast two-hybrid system has been used for identifying proteins that interact with it. One interacting protein is Crk-I, an SH3/SH2-containing adapter protein that was originally identified as the oncogenic element in the avian sarcoma virus CT10. Direct interaction between the Crk-I SH3 and Abl at novel, approximately 10 amino acid sites just carboxy-terminal to the Abl kinase domain occurs in vitro and in mammalian cells. There is a nearby site specific for binding another adapter, Nck, and these sites also bind Grb-2. When bound to Abl, Crk-I was phosphorylated on tyrosine. Thus, the SH3-binding sites on Abl serve as substrate recognition sites for the relatively nonspecific kinase of Abl. In Crk-I-transformed cells, Crk-I associates with endogenous c-Abl and is phosphorylated on tyrosine. The association of Crk and Abl suggests that Abl could play a role in v-Crk and Crk-I transformation and that normal Abl function may be partly mediated through bound adapter molecules.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baltimore
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D050737:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-crk; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000502:physiology; D015003:Yeasts / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495948:GRB2 protein, human; C495949:Grb2 protein, mouse; C078332:Nck protein; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050737:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-crk; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl