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Epidermal Growth Factor-Dependent Phosphorylation of the GGA3 Adaptor Protein Regulates Its Recruitment to Membranes

Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Received 11 February 2005/ Returned for modification 6 March 2005/ Accepted 25 June 2005

The Golgi-localized, Gamma-ear-containing, Arf-binding (GGA) proteins are monomeric clathrin adaptors that mediate the sorting of transmembrane cargo at the trans-Golgi network and endosomes. Here we report that one of these proteins, GGA3, becomes transiently phosphorylated upon activation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor. This phosphorylation takes place on a previously unrecognized site in the "hinge" segment of the protein, S368, and is strictly dependent on the constitutive phosphorylation of another site, S372. The EGF-induced phosphorylation of S368 does not require internalization of the EGF receptor or association of GGA3 with membranes. This phosphorylation can be blocked by inhibitors of both the mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathways that function downstream of the activated EGF receptor. Phosphorylation of GGA3 on S368 causes an increase in the hydrodynamic radius of the protein, indicating a transition to a more asymmetric shape. Mutation of S368 and S372 to a phosphomimic aspartate residue decreases the association of GGA3 with membranes. These observations indicate that EGF signaling elicits phosphorylation events that regulate the association of GGA3 with organellar membranes.

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