title: Selective recruitment of src family kinase Hck by leukocyte integrin alphaMbeta2 but not alphaLbeta2 or alphaXbeta2.
abstract: Integrins are type I heterodimeric (alpha/beta) cell adhesion molecules. They trigger cell-signaling by recruiting cytosolic molecules to their cytoplasmic tails. Integrin alpha cytoplasmic tail contributes towards integrin function specificity, an important feature of integrins having different alpha subunits but sharing the same beta subunit. Herein, we show that the src family kinase Hck co-capped selectively with leukocyte integrin alpha(M)beta(2) but not alpha(L)beta(2) or alpha(X)beta(2). This was disrupted when the alpha(M) cytoplasmic tail was substituted with that of alpha(L) or alpha(X). Co-capping was recovered by alpha(L) or alpha(X) cytoplasmic tail truncation or forced separation of the alpha and beta cytoplasmic tails via salt-bridge disruption.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
authors.forename: Ren-Hong
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: S K Alex
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Suet-Mien
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2 / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010588:Phagosomes / Q000201:enzymology; D051572:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-hck / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen; D051572:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-hck