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Tyrosine phosphorylation of ras GTPase activating protein does not require association with the epidermal growth factor receptor
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The importance of the carboxyl-terminal domain of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor and its five autophosphorylation sites in the in vivo interaction and tyrosine phosphorylation of the ras GTPase-activating protein (rasGAP) has been investigated, using NIH 3T3 cells transfected with mutant EGF receptors. Phosphorylation of rasGAP by EGF receptor mutants, in which one to four autophosphorylation sites (Tyr-1173, -1148, -1086, and -1068) were mutated to phenylalanine, was reduced by 50-60% compared to the wild-type receptor. Elimination of these four autophosphorylation sites by truncation of 123 carboxyl-terminal residues of the EGF receptor paralleled results obtained with point mutants. Substantial inhibition (about 90%) of rasGAP tyrosine phosphorylation by the EGF receptor occurred only when the remaining autophosphorylation site (Tyr-992) was mutated, in the context of this truncated receptor or in the full-length receptor mutated at all four other autophosphorylation sites. However, a point mutation of only Tyr-992 in the full-length receptor suppressed tyrosine phosphorylation of rasGAP only by 50%. In contrast, an EGF receptor lacking the last 214 amino acid residues (Dc214), which encompasses all five autophosphorylation sites, phosphorylated rasGAP to the same extent as the wild-type receptor. However, this truncated receptor was significantly impaired in its capacity to phosphorylate phospholipase C-gamma 1. Interestingly, while EGF receptor autophosphorylation sites are required for EGF-induced rasGAP association with the receptor, maximal phosphorylation of rasGAP by the truncated receptor Dc214 occurred without detectable formation of receptor-rasGAP complexes. Furthermore, the capacity of mutated EGF receptors to bring about focal transformation was correlated with their capacity to phosphorylate rasGAP.
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SOLER PRAT, Concepció, et al. Tyrosine phosphorylation of ras GTPase activating protein does not require association with the epidermal growth factor receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1993. Vol. 268, num. 29, pags. 22010-22019. ISSN 0021-9258. [consulted: 13 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/177648