title: Two clusters of residues at the docking groove of mitogen-activated protein kinases differentially mediate their functional interaction with the tyrosine phosphatases PTP-SL and STEP.
abstract: Regulated function of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases involves their selective association through docking sites with both activating MAP kinase kinases and inactivating phosphatases, including dual specificity and protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTP). Site-directed mutagenesis on the mammalian MAP kinases ERK2 and p38alpha identified within their C-terminal docking grooves two clusters of residues important for association with their regulatory PTPs, PTP-SL and STEP. ERK2 and p38alpha mutations that resembled the sevenmaker gain-of-function mutation in the Rolled D. melanogaster ERK2 homologue failed to associate with PTP-SL, were not retained in the cytosol, and were poorly inactivated by this PTP. Additional ERK2 mutations at the docking groove showed deficient association and dephosphorylation by PTP-SL, although their cytosolic retention was unaffected. Other ERK2 mutations, resembling gain-of-function mutations in the FUS3 yeast ERK2 homologue, associated to PTP-SL and were inactivated normally by this PTP. Our results demonstrate that mutations at distinct regions of the docking groove of ERK2 and p38alpha differentially affect their association and regulation by the PTP-SL and STEP PTPs.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas, Amadeo de Saboya, 4, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tárrega
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanco-Aparicio
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pulido
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004330:Drosophila; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor; D054634:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 7; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C489930:PTPN5 protein, human; C513469:PTPRR protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor; C082101:Ptpn5 protein, mouse; C513472:Ptprr protein, mouse; D054634:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 7