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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The pseudo-kinase and signaling protein Pragmin has been linked to cancer by regulating protein tyrosine phosphorylation via unknown mechanisms. Here we present the crystal structure of the Pragmin 906-1,368 amino acid C terminus, which encompasses its kinase domain. We show that Pragmin contains a classical protein-kinase fold devoid of catalytic activity, despite a conserved catalytic lysine (K997). By proteomics, we discovered that this pseudo-kinase uses the tyrosine kinase CSK to induce protein tyrosine phosphorylation in human cells. Interestingly, the protein-kinase domain is flanked by N- and C-terminal extensions forming an original dimerization domain that regulates Pragmin self-association and stimulates CSK activity. A1329E mutation in the C-terminal extension destabilizes Pragmin dimerization and reduces CSK activation. These results reveal a dimerization mechanism by which a pseudo-kinase can induce protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Further sequence-structure analysis identified an additional member (C19orf35) of the superfamily of dimeric Pragmin/SgK269/PEAK1 pseudo-kinases.

Dimerization of the Pragmin Pseudo-Kinase Regulates Protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation.,Lecointre C, Simon V, Kerneur C, Allemand F, Fournet A, Montarras I, Pons JL, Gelin M, Brignatz C, Urbach S, Labesse G, Roche S Structure. 2018 Apr 3;26(4):545-554.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2018.01.017. Epub 2018, Mar 1. PMID:29503074^[1]

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