title: Binding specificity of protein phosphatase 2A core enzyme for regulatory B subunits and T antigens.
abstract: The core enzyme of protein phosphatase 2A is composed of a regulatory subunit A and a catalytic subunit C. It is controlled by three types of regulatory B subunits (B, B', and B") and by tumor (T) antigens, which are unrelated by sequence but bind to overlapping regions on the A subunit. To find out whether the different B subunits and T antigens bind to identical or distinct amino acids of the A subunit, mutants were generated and their abilities to bind B subunits and T antigens were tested. We found that some amino acids are involved in the binding of all types of B subunits, whereas others are specifically involved in the binding of one or two types of B subunits. T-antigen-binding specificity does not correlate with that of a particular type of B subunit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0612, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruediger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fields
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2
chemical_list: D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2