title: Binding of a protein-tyrosine phosphatase to DNA through its carboxy-terminal noncatalytic domain.
abstract: The noncatalytic domain of a non-receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase (the T-cell phosphatase or PTP-S) isolated from a rat spleen cDNA library shows homology with the basic domains of transcription factors Fos and Jun [Swarup, G., Kamatkar, S., Radha, V., & Rema, V. (1991) FEBS Lett. 280,65-69]. We have expressed this phosphatase in Escherichia coli under the control of T7 promoter. The PTP-S gene product expressed in E. coli shows protein-tyrosine phosphatase activity and binds to DNA at pH 7.4 as determined by DNA affinity chromatography, Southwestern blotting, and gel retardation methods. The carboxy-terminal region of this phosphatase was fused with glutathione S-transferase by constructing expression vectors. Experiments using fusion proteins with glutathione S-transferase suggest that the carboxy-terminal 57 amino acids of PTP-S are sufficient for DNA binding. Deletion of the C-terminal 57 amino acids of PTP-S protein abolished its DNA binding property, as determined by Southwestern blotting, but not its enzymatic activity. This suggests that the C-terminal 57 amino acids are essential for the DNA binding function of this protein but not for its enzymatic activity. Another non-receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase, PTP-1, when expressed in enzymatically active form in E. coli did not bind to DNA. These results suggest that a nontransmembrane protein-tyrosine phosphatase, PTP-S, binds to DNA in vitro through its carboxy-terminal noncatalytic region.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Radha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamatkar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Swarup
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D002384:Catalysis; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D004247:DNA; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases