title: Interaction between UV-damaged DNA binding activity proteins and the c-Abl tyrosine kinase.
abstract: The c-Abl tyrosine kinase is activated by some forms of DNA damage, including ionizing radiation, but not UV radiation. The functions of this activation in the damage response pathways remain obscure. To identify potential targets of c-Abl kinase, we utilized the yeast two-hybrid system to screen a murine cDNA library. One c-Abl binding protein of particular interest was the large subunit (DDB1) of the heterodimeric complex with UV-damaged DNA binding activity (UV-DDB). This complex binds with high specificity to DNA damaged by UV, is absent in a subset of xeroderma pigmentosum group E cells, and is required for global genomic repair of UV-induced damage. The association of c-Abl with DDB1 required the kinase domain of c-Abl and preserved the interaction between DDB1 and the small subunit (DDB2) of the UV-DDB complex. Significantly, overexpression of c-Abl increased tyrosine phosphorylation of DDB2 and suppressed UV-DDB activity. Conversely, a dominant negative, kinase-deficient allele of c-Abl decreased tyrosine phosphorylation of DDB2 and dramatically stimulated UV-DDB activity. These results suggest that one role of c-Abl may be to negatively regulate UV-DDB activity by phosphorylation of DDB2.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Byung Joon
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Bao Q
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Vuong
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Goff
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: C091435:DDB1 protein, human; C117669:DDB2 protein, human; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004247:DNA; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl