PMID- 8700533 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19960904 LR - 20211203 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 12 DP - 1996 Jun 20 TI - HER-2/c-erbB2 is phosphorylated by calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II on a single site in the cytoplasmic tail at threonine-1172. PG - 2725-30 AB - Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (Cam kinase II) is known to desensitise epidermal growth factor receptor (HER-1) tyrosine kinase activity by a process involving phosphorylation at serines 1046/47 in the cytoplasmic tail. We have developed an experimental system to investigate phosphorylation of the related HER-2/c-erbB2 proto-oncogene utilising purified Cam kinase II and recombinant glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins. The cDNA for rat Cam kinase II-alpha was transfected into human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 fibroblasts and the expressed protein purified to homogeneity by calmodulin-agarose affinity chromatography. A GST fusion protein comprising residues 1126-1255 of HER-2 was phosphorylated by purified Cam kinase II, in contrast to a GST protein comprising residues 1005-1125. Phosphoamino-acid analysis and site-directed mutagenesis indicated that HER-2 was phosphorylated on a single site at threonine-1172 which resides within a consensus Cam kinase II phosphorylation site (RAKT). HER-2 (threonine-1172-alanine), in the form of a ligand-inducible chimaera HER-1/2, was co-transfected into HEK-293 fibroblasts with a constitutively active form of Cam kinase II, followed by in vivo labelling of these cells with 32 P-orthophosphate. Immunoprecipitation of ligand-activated receptors followed by two-dimensional phosphopeptide mapping indicated that threonine-1172 in HER-2 is a newly identified in vivo site which can be hyper-phosphorylated by constitutively active Cam kinase II. In addition, when over-expressed in HEK-293 fibroblasts, HER-1/2 (threonine-1172-alanine) showed a defect in desensitisation and underwent a more sustained EGF-induced receptor autophosphorylation compared to wild-type HER-1/2. FAU - Feinmesser, R L AU - Feinmesser RL AD - Department of Biochemistry, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, UK. FAU - Gray, K AU - Gray K FAU - Means, A R AU - Means AR FAU - Chantry, A AU - Chantry A LA - eng GR - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (MAS1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Phosphopeptides) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Mas) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - 62229-50-9 (Epidermal Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (CAMK2A protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Camk2a protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Cytoplasm/*chemistry MH - Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology MH - ErbB Receptors/chemistry/metabolism MH - Fibroblasts/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Phosphopeptides/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proto-Oncogene Mas MH - Rats MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Substrate Specificity MH - Threonine/*metabolism EDAT- 1996/06/20 00:00 MHDA- 2000/03/23 09:00 CRDT- 1996/06/20 00:00 PHST- 1996/06/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/03/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 1996/06/20 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 1996 Jun 20;12(12):2725-30.