title: Assembly of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase: binding of Src homology 3 domains to proline-rich targets.
abstract: The NADPH oxidase responsible for generation of superoxide anion and related microbicidal oxidants by phagocytes is assembled from at least five distinct proteins. Two are cytosolic components (p47-phox and p67-phox) that contain Src homology 3 (SH3) domains and associate with a transmembrane cytochrome b558 upon activation. We show here that the SH3 domains of p47-phox bind to proline-rich sequences in p47-phox itself and the p22-phox subunit of cytochrome b558. Binding of the p47-phox SH3 domains to p22-phox was abolished by a mutation in one proline-rich sequence (Pro156-->Gln) noted in a distinct form of chronic granulomatous disease and was inhibited by a short proline-rich synthetic peptide corresponding to residues 149-162 of p22-phox. Expression of mutated p22-phox did not restore oxidase activity to p22-phox-deficient B cells and did not enable p22-phox-dependent translocation of p47-phox to membranes in phorbol ester-stimulated cells. We also show that the cytosolic oxidase components associate with one another through the C-terminal SH3 domain of p67-phox and a proline-rich C-terminal sequence in p47-phox. These SH3 target sites conform to consensus features deduced from SH3 binding sites in other systems. We propose a model in which the oxidase complex assembles through a mechanism involving SH3 domains of both cytosolic proteins and cognate proline-rich targets in other oxidase components.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Leto
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Mendez
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D016391:Genes, src; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011392:Proline; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018411:Spodoptera; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D017931:DNA Primers; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C079789:neutrophil cytosol factor 67K; C036888:cytochrome b558; D011392:Proline; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C060505:neutrophil cytosolic factor 1; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase