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Mol. Cell. Biol., 09 1995, 4908-4920, Vol 15, No. 9
K Neet and T Hunter
CSK is a predominantly cytosolic protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK) that
negatively regulates Src family PTKs by phosphorylation of a conserved
tyrosine near their C termini. Little is known about how CSK itself is
regulated. On the basis of immunofluorescence studies, a model has been
proposed that when c-Src is activated, it is redistributed to podosomes, in
which substrates become phosphorylated, creating binding sites for CSK. CSK
is recruited to these sites of c-Src activation via its SH2 and SH3 domains
and is then in a position to downregulate c-Src activity (B. W. Howell and
J. A. Cooper, Mol. Cell. Biol. 14:5402-5411, 1994). To identify
phosphotyrosine (P.Tyr)-containing proteins that may mediate translocation
of CSK due to c-Src activation, we have examined the whole spectrum of
P.Tyr-containing proteins that associate with CSK in v-Src NIH 3T3 cells by
anti-P.Tyr immunoblotting. Nine P.Tyr- containing proteins
coimmunoprecipitated with CSK from v-Src NIH 3T3 cells. One of these, an
approximately 62-kDa protein, also associated with CSK in NIH 3T3 cells
treated with vanadate prior to lysis and in NIH 3T3 cells expressing an
activated c-Src mutant. This 62-kDa protein was shown to be identical to
the GTPase-activating protein (GAP)- associated p62 (GAP-A.p62) protein.
The interaction between CSK and GAP- A.p62 could be reconstituted in vitro
with glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins containing full-length CSK
or the CSK SH2 domain. Furthermore, our data show that CSK interacts
directly with GAP.A-p62 and that the complex between the two proteins is
localized in subcellular membrane or cytoskeletal fractions. Our results
suggest that GAP-A.p62 may function as a docking protein and may mediate
translocation of proteins, including GAP and CSK, to membrane or
cytoskeletal regions upon c-Src activation.
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
The nonreceptor protein-tyrosine kinase CSK complexes directly with the GTPase-activating protein-associated p62 protein in cells expressing v- Src or activated c-Src
Graduate Program in Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA.
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