Signaling by phosphoinositide-3, 4, 5-trisphosphate through proteins containing pleckstrin and Sec7 homology domains

JK Klarlund, A Guilherme, JJ Holik, JV Virbasius… - Science, 1997 - science.org
JK Klarlund, A Guilherme, JJ Holik, JV Virbasius, A Chawla, MP Czech
Science, 1997science.org
Signal transmission by many cell surface receptors results in the activation of
phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinases that phosphorylate the 3′ position of
polyphosphoinositides. From a screen for mouse proteins that bind phosphoinositides, the
protein GRP1 was identified. GRP1 binds phosphatidylinositol-3, 4, 5-trisphosphate [PtdIns
(3, 4, 5) P3] through a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain and displays a region of high
sequence similarity to the yeast Sec7 protein. The PH domain of the closely related protein …
Signal transmission by many cell surface receptors results in the activation of phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinases that phosphorylate the 3′ position of polyphosphoinositides. From a screen for mouse proteins that bind phosphoinositides, the protein GRP1 was identified. GRP1 binds phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P3] through a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain and displays a region of high sequence similarity to the yeast Sec7 protein. The PH domain of the closely related protein cytohesin-1, which, through its Sec7 homology domain, regulates integrin β2 and catalyzes guanine nucleotide exchange of the small guanine nucleotide-binding protein ARF1, was also found to specifically bind PtdIns(3,4,5)P3. GRP1 and cytohesin-1 appear to connect receptor-activated PI 3-kinase signaling pathways with proteins that mediate biological responses such as cell adhesion and membrane trafficking.
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