Structural highlights
Function
[ERBB2_RAT] Protein tyrosine kinase that is part of several cell surface receptor complexes, but that apparently needs a coreceptor for ligand binding. Essential component of a neuregulin-receptor complex, although neuregulins do not interact with it alone. GP30 is a potential ligand for this receptor. Regulates outgrowth and stabilization of peripheral microtubules (MTs). Upon ERBB2 activation, the MEMO1-RHOA-DIAPH1 signaling pathway elicits the phosphorylation and thus the inhibition of GSK3B at cell membrane. This prevents the phosphorylation of APC and CLASP2, allowing its association with the cell membrane. In turn, membrane-bound APC allows the localization of MACF1 to the cell membrane, which is required for microtubule capture and stabilization (By similarity).[1] In the nucleus is involved in transcriptional regulation. Associates with the 5'-TCAAATTC-3' sequence in the PTGS2/COX-2 promoter and activates its transcription. Implicated in transcriptional activation of CDKN1A; the function involves STAT3 and SRC. Involved in the transcription of rRNA genes by RNA Pol I and enhances protein synthesis and cell growth (By similarity).[2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The 35-residue peptide corresponding to the very hydrophobic transmembrane region of the tyrosine kinase receptor neu, Neu(TM35), has been synthesized. The peptide can be solubilized in millimolar concentrations in TFE or incorporated into an SDS-water micellar solution or into well-hydrated DMPC/DCPC bicelles. In all these media, circular dichroism demonstrated that the peptide adopts a helical structure for about 80% of its amino acids. The peptide is monomeric below 2 mM in TFE, as also determined by variable concentration experiments. The three-dimensional solution structure in TFE has been obtained by homonuclear proton NMR and shows a well-defined alpha-helix from residues 4 to 21, then a pi-bulge from Ile(22) to Gly(28), and a final short alpha-helix from positions 29 to 32. This experimental finding is in agreement with structures predicted recently by molecular dynamics calculations in a vacuum [Sajot, N., and Genest, M. (2000) Eur. Biophys. J. 28, 648-662]. The biological implications of a possible retention of this structure in a membrane environment are finally discussed.
Evidence for an alpha-helix --> pi-bulge helicity modulation for the neu/erbB-2 membrane-spanning segment. A 1H NMR and circular dichroism study.,Goetz M, Carlotti C, Bontems F, Dufourc EJ Biochemistry. 2001 May 29;40(21):6534-40. PMID:11371217[3]
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References
- ↑ Xie Y, Hung MC. Nuclear localization of p185neu tyrosine kinase and its association with transcriptional transactivation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1994 Sep 30;203(3):1589-98. PMID:7945309
- ↑ Xie Y, Hung MC. Nuclear localization of p185neu tyrosine kinase and its association with transcriptional transactivation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1994 Sep 30;203(3):1589-98. PMID:7945309
- ↑ Goetz M, Carlotti C, Bontems F, Dufourc EJ. Evidence for an alpha-helix --> pi-bulge helicity modulation for the neu/erbB-2 membrane-spanning segment. A 1H NMR and circular dichroism study. Biochemistry. 2001 May 29;40(21):6534-40. PMID:11371217
