title: Negative regulation of Raf activity by binding of 14-3-3 to the amino terminus of Raf in vivo.
abstract: In the developing eye of Drosophila the protein kinase D-Raf controls the specification of the R7 photoreceptor cells. We show that overexpression of wild-type D-Raf inhibits the formation of R7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Conversely, overexpression of mutant D-Raf proteins in which the conserved S388 is replaced by A or by D promotes the formation of supernumerary R7 cells, indicating increased D-Raf activity in vivo. S388 in D-Raf corresponds to S259 in c-Raf; shown to be involved in binding of 14-3-3. We show that analogous substitutions of S259 in c-Raf prevent binding of 14-3-3 zeta to the amino terminus of c-Raf and cause a Ras-independent constitutively increased c-Raf kinase activity. Binding of 14-3-3 zeta to the second binding site at the carboxy terminal catalytic domain was unaffected by these mutations. These results suggest that the increased kinase activity of mutant D-Raf is caused by the selective loss of 14-3-3 binding to its amino terminus. Therefore, binding of 14-3-3 to the amino terminus of Raf appears to negatively regulate Raf kinase activity in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zuerich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rommel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Radziwill
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moelling
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hafen
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005123:Eye / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf