[PDF][PDF] EphrinB ligands recruit GRIP family PDZ adaptor proteins into raft membrane microdomains

K Brückner, JP Labrador, P Scheiffele, A Herb… - Neuron, 1999 - cell.com
K Brückner, JP Labrador, P Scheiffele, A Herb, PH Seeburg, R Klein
Neuron, 1999cell.com
Transmembrane ephrinB proteins have important functions during embryonic patterning as
ligands for Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and presumably as signal-transducing receptor-
like molecules. Consistent with" reverse" signaling, ephrinB1 is localized in sphingo-
lipid/cholesterol-enriched raft microdomains, platforms for the localized concentration and
activation of signaling molecules. Glutamate receptor–interacting protein (GRIP) and a
highly related protein, which we have termed GRIP2, are recruited into these rafts through …
Abstract
Transmembrane ephrinB proteins have important functions during embryonic patterning as ligands for Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and presumably as signal-transducing receptor-like molecules. Consistent with "reverse" signaling, ephrinB1 is localized in sphingo-lipid/cholesterol-enriched raft microdomains, platforms for the localized concentration and activation of signaling molecules. Glutamate receptor–interacting protein (GRIP) and a highly related protein, which we have termed GRIP2, are recruited into these rafts through association with the C-terminal PDZ target site of ephrinB1. Stimulation of ephrinB1 with soluble EphB2 receptor ectodomain causes the formation of large raft patches that also contain GRIP proteins. Moreover, a GRIP-associated serine/threonine kinase activity is recruited into ephrinB1–GRIP complexes. Our findings suggest that GRIP proteins provide a scaffold for the assembly of a multiprotein signaling complex downstream of ephrinB ligands.
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