title: Dockers at the crossroads.
abstract: The family of docker proteins containing phosphotyrosine-binding (PTB) domains appears to represent a family of critically positioned and exquisitely controlled signalling proteins that relay signals from the activated receptors to downstream pathways. These proteins all have a membrane attachment domain, a PTB domain that targets the protein to a subset of receptors and a number of phosphorylatable tyrosines that dock other signalling proteins. Evidence is accruing that suggests that the PTB domain has evolved from a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain to bind to a range of sequences that, while bestowing specificity, allows switching of the docker protein between receptors or signalling systems. The history of the PTB domain and how it influences the participation of docker protein in various signalling pathways are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Signal Transduction Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 30 Medical Drive 117609, Singapore. mcbgg@imcb.nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Graeme R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: Permeen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yusoff
authors.forename: DhinothKumar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bangarusamy
authors.forename: Chee Wai
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Esther Sook Miin
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; C106534:FRS2 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine