title: Stimulatory effects of yeast and mammalian 14-3-3 proteins on the Raf protein kinase.
abstract: Intracellular signaling from receptor tyrosine kinases in mammalian cells results in activation of a signal cascade that includes the guanine nucleotide-binding protein Ras and the protein kinases Raf, MEK [mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) or extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase], and MAPK. MAPK activation that is dependent on the coupling of Ras and Raf was reconstituted in yeast. Yeast genes were isolated that, when overexpressed, enhanced the function of Raf. One of them is identical to BMH1, which encodes a protein similar to members of the mammalian 14-3-3 family. Bacterially synthesized mammalian 14-3-3 protein stimulated the activity of Raf prepared from yeast cells expressing c-Raf-1. Thus, the 14-3-3 protein may participate in or be required for activation of Raf.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yashar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Errede
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D018631:ras Proteins
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; C075852:BMH1 protein, S cerevisiae; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins