Effect of carboxyl terminal truncation on the tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor - PubMed (original) (raw)

Effect of carboxyl terminal truncation on the tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor

P B Wedegaertner et al. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1992 Jan.

Abstract

The carboxyl terminal domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an important regulatory region in mediating the tyrosine kinase-dependent biological effects of EGF. The effect of a 164-amino-acid carboxyl deletion of the EGFR or the EGFR cytoplasmic kinase domain on in vitro tyrosine kinase activity was assessed. C'-terminal truncation of the EGFR resulted in dependence on Mn2+ for full activity. The EGFR kinase domain (kd EGFR) and the C'-terminally truncated kinase domain (kd c'1022 EGFR) also exhibited a strong preference for Mn2+ compared to Mg2+, with kd c'1022 EGFR being completely inactive in the presence of Mg2+ alone. Sphingosine or ammonium sulfate specifically activated both kd EGFR and kd c'1022 EGFR. EGFR and c'1022 EGFR displayed similar EGF-stimulated in vitro tyrosine kinase activities; however, kd EGFR was 5- to 10-fold more active in vitro than kd c'1022 EGFR. Thus, the regulatory contribution of the C'-terminus is most evident when the EGFR ligand binding domain is removed. These results indicate that an intact EGFR C'-terminus is necessary for the protein to assume a fully active conformation.

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