title: II. Structure and specificity of the interaction between the FHA2 domain of Rad53 and phosphotyrosyl peptides.
abstract: The forkhead-associated (FHA) domain is a protein module found in many proteins involved in cell signaling in response to DNA damage. It has been suggested to bind to pThr sites of its target protein. Recently we have determined the first structure of an FHA domain, FHA2 from the yeast protein Rad53, and demonstrated that FHA2 binds to a pTyr-containing peptide (826)EDI(pY)YLD(832) from Rad9, with a moderate affinity (K(d) ca. 100 microM). We now report the solution structure of the complex of FHA2 bound with this pTyr peptide. The structure shows that the phosphate group of pTyr interacts directly with three arginine residues (605, 617, and 620), and that the leucine residue at the +2 position from the pTyr interacts with a hydrophobic surface on FHA2. The sequence specificity of FHA2 was determined by screening a combinatorial pTyr library. The results clearly show that FHA2 recognizes specific sequences C-terminal to pTyr with the following consensus: XX(pY)N(1)N(2)N(3), where N(1)=Leu, Met, Phe, or Ile, N(2)=Tyr, Phe, Leu, or Met, and N(3)=Phe, Leu, or Met. Two of the selected peptides, GF(pY)LYFIR and DV(pY)FYMIR, bind FHA2 with K(d) values of 1.1 and 5.0 microM, respectively. The results, along with other recent reports, demonstrate that the FHA domain is a new class of phosphoprotein-binding domain, capable of binding both pTyr and pThr sequences.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State Biochemistry Program, and Campus Chemical Instrument Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. Pei3@osu.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Byeon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Beebe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yongkiettrakul
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019921:Biotinylation; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D004735:Energy Transfer; D005453:Fluorescence; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019151:Peptide Library; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012996:Solutions; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013816:Thermodynamics; D015003:Yeasts / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D019151:Peptide Library; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012996:Solutions; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C067022:RAD53 protein, S cerevisiae