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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Short contiguous peptides harboring proline-rich motifs are frequently involved in protein-protein interactions, such as associations with Src homology 3 (SH3) and WW domains. Although patches of aromatic residues present in either domain interact with polyprolines, their overall structures are distinct, suggesting that additional protein families exist that use stacked aromatic amino acids (AA domains) to bind polyproline motifs [1] [2] [3]. A polyproline motif (E/DFPPPPTD/E in the single-letter amino-acid code), present in the ActA protein of the intracellular bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, serves as a ligand for the Ena/VASP protein family --the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), the murine protein Mena, Drosophila Enabled (Ena) and the Ena/VASP-like protein Evl [4] [5] [6] [7]. These share a similar overall structure characterized by the two highly conserved Ena/VASP homology domains (EVH1 and EVH2) [5]. Here, using three independent assays, we have delineated the minimal EVH1 domain. Mutations of aromatic and basic residues within two conserved hydrophilic regions of the EVH1 domain abolished binding to ActA. Binding of an EVH1 mutant with reversed charges could partially be rescued by introducing complementary mutations within the ligand. Like SH3 domains, aromatic residues within the EVH1 domain interacted with polyprolines, whereas the ligand specificity of either domain was determined by reciprocally charged residues. The EVH1 domain is therefore a new addition to the AA domain superfamily, which includes SH3 and WW domains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Adhesion Molecules, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enah protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Evl protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Microfilament Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/actA protein, Listeria monocytogenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/vasodilator-stimulated...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0960-9822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
715-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Listeria monocytogenes, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10498433-src Homology Domains
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Aromatic and basic residues within the EVH1 domain of VASP specify its interaction with proline-rich ligands.
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung Zellbiologie, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Braunschweig, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't