The protein kinase C-related kinase PRK2 interacts with the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP-BL via a novel PDZ domain binding motif

FEBS Lett. 2001 May 11;496(2-3):101-4. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02401-2.

Abstract

Protein tyrosine phosphatase-basophil like (PTP-BL) is a large non-transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatase implicated in the modulation of the cytoskeleton. Here we describe a novel interaction of PTP-BL with the protein kinase C-related kinase 2 (PRK2), a serine/threonine kinase regulated by the G-protein rho. This interaction is mediated by the PSD-95, Drosophila discs large, zonula occludens (PDZ)3 domain of PTP-BL and the extreme C-terminus of PRK2 as shown by yeast two-hybrid assays and coimmunoprecipitation experiments from transfected HeLa cells. In particular, we demonstrate that a conserved C-terminal cysteine of PRK2 is indispensable for the interaction with PTP-BL. In HeLa cells we demonstrate colocalization of both proteins in lamellipodia like structures. Interaction of PTP-BL with the rho effector kinase PRK2 gives further evidence for a possible function of PTP-BL in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Animals
  • Basophils / chemistry
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Cysteine / chemistry
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • DNA, Complementary / metabolism
  • Gene Library
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Plasmids / metabolism
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Kinase C / metabolism*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 13
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / biosynthesis
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / chemistry*
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / metabolism*
  • Rats
  • Transfection
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques

Substances

  • Actins
  • DNA, Complementary
  • protein kinase N
  • Protein Kinase C
  • PTPN13 protein, human
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 13
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Cysteine