title: A novel signaling intermediate, SHEP1, directly couples Eph receptors to R-Ras and Rap1A.
abstract: The Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases has been implicated in many developmental patterning processes, including cell segregation, cell migration, and axon guidance. The cellular components involved in the signaling pathways of the Eph receptors, however, are incompletely characterized. Using a yeast two-hybrid screen, we have identified a novel signaling intermediate, SHEP1 (SH2 domain-containing Eph receptor-binding protein 1), which is expressed in the embryonic and adult brain. SHEP1 contains an Src homology 2 domain that binds to a conserved tyrosine-phosphorylated motif in the juxtamembrane region of the EphB2 receptor and may itself be a target of EphB2 kinase activity, since it becomes heavily tyrosine-phosphorylated in cells expressing activated EphB2. SHEP1 also contains a domain similar to Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factor domains and binds to the GTPases R-Ras and Rap1A, but not Ha-Ras or RalA. Thus, SHEP1 directly links activated, tyrosine-phosphorylated Eph receptors to small Ras superfamily GTPases.
authors.affiliation: Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Dodelet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pazzagli
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zisch
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Pasquale
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011817:Rabbits; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D036183:Receptor, EphB2; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C405695:Sh2d3c protein, mouse; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D036183:Receptor, EphB2; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; C085929:RRAS protein, human; C513254:Rras protein, mouse; D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins