title: Abl interactor 1 promotes tyrosine 296 phosphorylation of mammalian enabled (Mena) by c-Abl kinase.
abstract: Mammalian Enabled (Mena) is a mammalian homologue of Drosophila Enabled (Ena), which genetically interacts with Drosophila Abl tyrosine kinase. The signaling pathway involving c-Abl and Mena (Ena) is not fully understood. To find molecules that participate in the c-Abl/Mena pathway, we searched for Mena-binding proteins using a yeast two-hybrid system. We identified Abl interactor 1 (Abi-1), which is known to interact with c-Abl, as a binding protein for Mena. Binding analysis revealed that the Ena/Vasp homology 1 domain of Mena and the polyproline structure of Abi-1 are necessary for the interaction. The interaction between Mena and Abi-1 was also observed in a mammalian expression system. Importantly, Abi-1 dramatically promoted c-Abl-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of Mena but not other substrates such as c-Cbl. Mutational analysis demonstrated that the phosphorylation site of Mena is Tyr-296. Our results suggest that Abi-1 regulates c-Abl-mediated phosphorylation of Mena by interacting with both proteins.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan. tani@ls.toyaku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Katsuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Taiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sukezane
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Hidesaburo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanafusa
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shishido
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015723:Gene Library; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C513733:ABI1 protein, human; C513734:Abi1 protein, mouse; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C092744:ENA-VASP proteins; C102176:Enah protein, mouse; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl