title: Direct association between the Ret receptor tyrosine kinase and the Src homology 2-containing adapter protein Grb7.
abstract: Adapter proteins containing Src homology 2 (SH2) domains link transmembrane receptor protein-tyrosine kinases to downstream signal transducing molecules. A family of SH2 containing adapter proteins including Grb7 and Grb10 has been recently identified. We had previously shown that Grb10 associates with Ret via its SH2 domain in an activation-dependent manner (Pandey, A., Duan, H., Di Fiore, P.P., and Dixit, V.M. (1995) J. Biol, Chem. 270, 21461-21463). We now demonstrate that the related adapter molecule Grb7 also associates with Ret in vitro and in vivo, and that the binding of the SH2 domain of Grb7 to Ret is direct. This binding is dependent upon Ret autophosphorylation since Grb7 is incapable of binding a kinase-defective mutant of Ret. Thus two members of the Grb family, Grb7 and Grb10, likely relay signals emanating from Ret to other, as yet, unidentified targets within the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0602, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Di Fiore
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Dixit
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D051382:GRB7 Adaptor Protein; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051382:GRB7 Adaptor Protein; D014443:Tyrosine; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila