title: Interaction of activated EGF receptors with coated pit adaptins.
abstract: The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor interacts with plasma membrane-associated adapter proteins during endocytosis through coated pits. Almost 50 percent of the total pool of alpha-adaptins was coimmunoprecipitated with the EGF receptor when A-431 cells were treated with EGF at 37 degrees C, but not at 4 degrees C. Partial proteolysis of alpha-adaptin suggested that the amino-terminal domain is the region that associates with the EGF receptor. The extent of receptor-adaptin association was increased in cells depleted of potassium to block endocytosis. These data suggest that receptor-adaptin association occurs in intact cells before coated pits are fully assembled.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorkin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D033965:Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D003034:Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004705:Endocytosis; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D033965:Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D011506:Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011188:Potassium