title: Contribution of the Box 1 and Box 2 motifs of cytokine receptors to Jak1 association and activation.
abstract: Kinases of the Jak family (Jak1/2/3 and Tyk2) interact with the membrane proximal domain of different cytokine receptors and play a critical role in the activation of cytokine and growth factor signaling pathways. In this report we demonstrate that both the Box 1 and Box 2 motif collaborate in the association and activation of Jak1 by type I interferons. Mutational analysis of the beta chain of type I interferon receptor (IFNalphaRbetaL/IFNAR2) revealed that Box 1 plays a more significant role in activation than in the association with Jak1. On the contrary, the Box 2 motif contributes more to the association with Jak1 than to kinase activation. Additionally, the study of the Jak1 binding sites on the IL2 receptor beta (IL2Rbeta), IFNgammaRalpha/IFNGR1, and IL10Ralpha/IL10R1 chains suggests that cytokine receptors have two different kinds of interaction with Jak1. One form of interaction involves the Box 1 and the previously described Box 2 motif, which we now designate as Box 2A, characterized by the VEVI and LEVL sequences present in IFNalphaRbetaL/IFNAR2 and IL2Rbeta subunits, respectively. The second form of interaction requires a motif termed Box 2B, which is present in the IFNgammaRalpha/IFNGR1 (SILLPKS) and IL10Ralpha/IL10R1 (SVLLFKK) chains. Interestingly, Box 2B localizes close to the membrane region (8-10 amino acids from the membrane) similar to Box 1, whereas Box 2A is more distal (38-58 amino acids from the membrane).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usacheva
authors.forename: Raudel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sandoval
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Domanski
authors.forename: Sergei V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kotenko
authors.forename: Keats
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nelms
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: Oscar R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Colamonici
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D006801:Humans; D053613:Janus Kinase 1; D016296:Mutagenesis; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017471:Receptors, Interferon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C507904:JAK1 protein, human; D053613:Janus Kinase 1