title: Crystal structure of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2.
abstract: The structure of the SHP-2 tyrosine phosphatase, determined at 2.0 angstroms resolution, shows how its catalytic activity is regulated by its two SH2 domains. In the absence of a tyrosine-phosphorylated binding partner, the N-terminal SH2 domain binds the phosphatase domain and directly blocks its active site. This interaction alters the structure of the N-SH2 domain, disrupting its phosphopeptide-binding cleft. Conversely, interaction of the N-SH2 domain with phosphopeptide disrupts its phosphatase recognition surface. Thus, the N-SH2 domain is a conformational switch; it either binds and inhibits the phosphatase, or it binds phosphoproteins and activates the enzyme. Recognition of bisphosphorylated ligands by the tandem SH2 domains is an integral element of this switch; the C-terminal SH2 domain contributes binding energy and specificity, but it does not have a direct role in activation.
authors.affiliation: Joslin Diabetes Center and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hof
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pluskey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhe-Paganon
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Eck
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shoelson
mesh_terms: D003461:Crystallography; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D054593:SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D018909:src Homology Domains / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C516724:PTPN11 protein, human; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D054593:SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases