title: Conserved role for 14-3-3epsilon downstream of type I TGFbeta receptors.
abstract: Schistosoma mansoni receptor kinase-1 (SmRK1) is a divergent type I transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) receptor on the surface of adult parasites. Using the intracellular domain of SmRK1 as bait in a yeast two-hybrid screen we identified an interaction with S. mansoni 14-3-3epsilon. The interaction which is phosphorylation-dependent is not specific to schistosomes since 14-3-3epsilon also binds to TbetaRI, the human type I TGFbeta receptor. 14-3-3epsilon enhances TGFbeta-mediated signaling by TbetaRI and is the first TbetaRI-interacting non-Smad protein identified that positively regulates this receptor. The interaction of 14-3-3epsilon with schistosome and human TbetaRI suggests a conserved, but previously unappreciated, role for this protein in TGFbeta signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 14853-6401, Ithaca, NY, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McGonigle
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Beall
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Feeney
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D030201:Activin Receptors, Type I; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051785:Smad Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D051785:Smad Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; C112116:RK-1 protein, Schistosoma mansoni; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D030201:Activin Receptors, Type I; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II