title: Molecular basis for interaction between Icap1 alpha PTB domain and beta 1 integrin.
abstract: Icap1 alpha is a 200-amino acid protein that binds to the COOH-terminal 13 amino acids ((786)AVTTVVNPKYEGK(798)) of the integrin beta(1) subunit. Alanine scanning mutagenesis of this region revealed that Val(787), Val(790), and (792)NPKY(795) are critical for Icap1 alpha binding. The NPXY motif is a known binding substrate for phosphotyrosine binding (PTB) domain proteins. The sequences of Icap1 alpha, residues 58--200, and the beta(1) integrin, residues 786-797, were aligned to the available PTB-peptide structures to generate a high quality structural model. Site-directed mutagenesis showed that Leu(135), Ile(138), and Ile(139) of Icap1 alpha, residues predicted by the model to be in close proximity to (792)NPKY(795), and Leu(82) and Tyr(144), residues expected to form a hydrophobic pocket near Val(787), are required for the Icap1 alpha-beta(1) integrin interaction. These findings indicate that Icap1 alpha is a PTB domain protein, which recognizes the NPXY motif of beta(1) integrin. Furthermore, our date suggest that an interaction between Val(787) and the hydrophobic pocket created by Leu(82) and Tyr(144) of Icap1 alpha forms the basis for the specificity of Icap1 alpha for the beta(1) integrin subunit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. ddchang@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Bao Q
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Springer
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019012:Integrin beta1 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007532:Isoleucine / Q000737:chemistry; D007930:Leucine / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D038941:Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014633:Valine / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C108257:ITGB1BP1 protein, human; D019012:Integrin beta1; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D007532:Isoleucine; D038941:Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D007930:Leucine; D014633:Valine; D000409:Alanine