title: Role of the Src homology 2 domains and interdomain regions in ZAP-70 phosphorylation and enzymatic activity.
abstract: The protein tyrosine kinase ZAP-70, which mediates T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) signalling, contains three distinct functional modules, two tandemly arranged SH2 domains, a kinase domain and a linker region (interdomain B) that connects them. ZAP-70 enzymatic activation is strictly dependent on the binding, via its SH2 domains, to the triggered TCR and on tyrosine phosphorylation. Here we utilized recombinant ZAP-70 and carried out a mutational analysis to understand the structural requirements for its activation. We show that deletion of both SH2 domains corresponding to the first 254 residues moderately increases ZAP-70 enzymatic activity on an exogenous substrate in vitro, results in increased tyrosine phosphorylation and produces subtle conformational changes, as judged by altered SDS/PAGE migration. Mutation of Tyr292, 315 and 319 to Phe in the interdomain B region, which constitute the major phosphorylation sites both in vitro and in vivo, did not affect ZAP-70 enzymatic activity. Moreover, deletion analysis of the interdomain B region established residues 320-619 as a minimal region endowed with full kinase activity. We propose that binding of ZAP-70 to the TCR promotes, through conformational changes, its extensive phosphorylation on tyrosine. However, Tyr292, 315 and 319 do not affect ZAP-70 enzymatic activity and may influence ZAP-70 signalling only indirectly by mediating its association with intracellular transducers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Nerviano, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magistrelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bosotti
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Valsasina
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Visco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perego
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toma
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Acuto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isacchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D019556:COS Cells; D020134:Catalytic Domain / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D009154:Mutation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase; D018909:src Homology Domains / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase; C497261:ZAP70 protein, human