title: Phosphorylation of recombinant N-syndecan (syndecan 3) core protein.
abstract: The cytoplasmic domain of the syndecan family of heparan sulfate proteoglycans is punctuated by the presence of four regularly spaced tyrosine residues. In this report, we explore the possibility of whether the four tyrosine residues in the cytoplasmic domain of N-syndecan (Syndecan 3) are potential substrates for phosphorylation by a tyrosine kinase. Bacterially expressed elk kinase was used to phosphorylate a series of bacterially expressed N-syndecan fusion proteins. Our results clearly demonstrate that the tyrosine residues in the cytoplasmic domain of N-syndecan can be phosphorylated by a tyrosine-specific kinase, and that all four tyrosine residues are capable of being phosphorylated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Danville 17822-2613, USA. vasundi@psghs.edu
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Asundi
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D036224:Receptor, EphB4; D036081:Receptors, Eph Family; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D053670:Syndecan-3
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C508303:Sdc3 protein, rat; D053670:Syndecan-3; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D036224:Receptor, EphB4; D036081:Receptors, Eph Family