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Fonseca EMB, Trivella DBB, Scorsato V, Dias MP, Bazzo NL, Mandapati KR, de Oliveira FL, Ferreira-Halder CV, Pilli RA, Miranda PCML, Aparicio R. Crystal structures of the apo form and a complex of human LMW-PTP with a phosphonic acid provide new evidence of a secondary site potentially related to the anchorage of natural substrates. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:4462-4471. [PMID: 26117648 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases (LMW-PTP, EC 3.1.3.48) are a family of single-domain enzymes with molecular weight up to 18 kDa, expressed in different tissues and considered attractive pharmacological targets for cancer chemotherapy. Despite this, few LMW-PTP inhibitors have been described to date, and the structural information on LMW-PTP druggable binding sites is scarce. In this study, a small series of phosphonic acids were designed based on a new crystallographic structure of LMW-PTP complexed with benzylsulfonic acid, determined at 2.1Å. In silico docking was used as a tool to interpret the structural and enzyme kinetics data, as well as to design new analogs. From the synthesized series, two compounds were found to act as competitive inhibitors, with inhibition constants of 0.124 and 0.047 mM. We also report the 2.4Å structure of another complex in which LMW-PTP is bound to benzylphosphonic acid, and a structure of apo LMW-PTP determined at 2.3Å resolution. Although no appreciable conformation changes were observed, in the latter structures, amino acid residues from an expression tag were found bound to a hydrophobic region at the protein surface. This regions is neighbored by positively charged residues, adjacent to the active site pocket, suggesting that this region might be not a mere artefact of crystal contacts but an indication of a possible anchoring region for the natural substrate-which is a phosphorylated protein.
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- Emanuella M B Fonseca
- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, CEP 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Crystallography, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Zabell APR, Schroff AD, Bain BE, Van Etten RL, Wiest O, Stauffacher CV. Crystal Structure of the Human B-form Low Molecular Weight Phosphotyrosyl Phosphatase at 1.6-Å Resolution. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:6520-7. [PMID: 16253994 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506285200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The crystal structure of HPTP-B, a human isoenzyme of the low molecular weight phosphotyrosyl phosphatase (LMW PTPase) is reported here at a resolution of 1.6 A. This high resolution structure of the second human LMW PTPase isoenzyme provides the opportunity to examine the structural basis of different substrate and inhibitor/activator responses. The crystal packing of HPTP-B positions a normally surface-exposed arginine in a position equivalent to the tyrosyl substrate. A comparison of all deposited crystallographic coordinates of these PTPases reveals three atomic positions within the active site cavity occupied by hydrogen bond donor or acceptor atoms on bound molecules, suggesting useful design elements for synthetic inhibitors. A selection of inhibitor and activator molecules as well as small molecule and peptide substrates were tested against each human isoenzyme. These results along with the crystal packing seen in HPTP-B suggest relevant sequence elements in the currently unknown target sequence.
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- Adam P R Zabell
- Department of Biological Sciences and the Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1392, USA
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Magherini F, Busti S, Gamberi T, Sacco E, Raugei G, Manao G, Ramponi G, Modesti A, Vanoni M. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae an unbalanced level of tyrosine phosphorylation down-regulates the Ras/PKA pathway. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2005; 38:444-60. [PMID: 16297653 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2005.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2005] [Revised: 10/01/2005] [Accepted: 10/07/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The role of tyrosyl phosphorylation/dephosphorylation in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whose genome does not encode typical tyrosine kinases, has long remained elusive. Nevertheless, several protein kinases phosphorylating poly(TyrGlu) substrates have been identified. In this work, we use the expression of the low molecular weight tyrosine phosphatase Stp1 from the distantly related yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, as a tool to investigate whether an unbalanced level of protein tyrosine phosphorylation affects S. cerevisiae growth and metabolism. We correlate the previously reported down-regulation of the phosphotyrosine level brought about by overexpression of Stp1 with a large number of phenotypes indicative of down-regulation of the Ras pathway. These phenotypes include reduction in both glucose- and acidification-induced GTP loading of the Ras2 protein and cAMP signaling, impaired growth on a non-fermentable carbon source, alteration of cell cycle parameters, delayed recovery from nitrogen starvation, increased heat-shock resistance, attenuated pseudohyphal and invasive growth. Genetic data suggest that Stp1 acts either at, or above, the level of Ras2, possibly on the Ira proteins. Consistently, Stp1 was found to bind to immunoprecipitated Ira2. Since a catalytically inactive mutant form of Stp1 (Stp1(C11S)) effectively binds to Ira2 without producing any effect on yeast physiology, we conclude that down-regulation of the Ras pathway by Stp1 requires its phosphatase activity. In conclusion, our data suggest a possible cross-talk between tyrosine phosphorylation and the Ras pathway in yeast.
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- Francesca Magherini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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Madhurantakam C, Rajakumara E, Mazumdar PA, Saha B, Mitra D, Wiker HG, Sankaranarayanan R, Das AK. Crystal structure of low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis at 1.9-A resolution. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:2175-81. [PMID: 15743966 PMCID: PMC1064030 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.6.2175-2181.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMWPTPase) belongs to a distinctive class of phosphotyrosine phosphatases widely distributed among prokaryotes and eukaryotes. We report here the crystal structure of LMWPTPase of microbial origin, the first of its kind from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The structure was determined to be two crystal forms at 1.9- and 2.5-A resolutions. These structural forms are compared with those of the LMWPTPases of eukaryotes. Though the overall structure resembles that of the eukaryotic LMWPTPases, there are significant changes around the active site and the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) loop. The variable loop forming the wall of the crevice leading to the active site is conformationally unchanged from that of mammalian LMWPTPase; however, differences are observed in the residues involved, suggesting that they have a role in influencing different substrate specificities. The single amino acid substitution (Leu12Thr [underlined below]) in the consensus sequence of the PTP loop, CTGNICRS, has a major role in the stabilization of the PTP loop, unlike what occurs in mammalian LMWPTPases. A chloride ion and a glycerol molecule were modeled in the active site where the chloride ion interacts in a manner similar to that of phosphate with the main chain nitrogens of the PTP loop. This structural study, in addition to identifying specific mycobacterial features, may also form the basis for exploring the mechanism of the substrate specificities of bacterial LMWPTPases.
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Zabell APR, Corden S, Helquist P, Stauffacher CV, Wiest O. Inhibition studies with rationally designed inhibitors of the human low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase. Bioorg Med Chem 2004; 12:1867-80. [PMID: 15051056 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2003] [Revised: 01/19/2004] [Accepted: 01/27/2004] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The human low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (HCPTP) is ubiquitously expressed as two isoforms in a wide range of human cells and may be involved in regulating the metastatic nature of epithelial tumors. A homology model is presented for the HCPTP-B isoform based on known X-ray crystal structures of other low molecular weight PTPs. A comparison of the two isoform structures indicates the possibility of developing isoform-specific inhibitors of HCPTP. Molecular dynamics simulations with CHARMM have been used to study the binding modes of the known adenine effector and phosphate in the active site of both isoforms. This analysis led to the design of the initial lead compound, based on an azaindole ring moiety, which was then also evaluated computationally. A comparison of these simulations indicates the need for a phosphonate group on the indole and provides insight into inhibitor binding modes. Compounds with varying degrees of structural similarity to the azaindole have been synthesized and tested for inhibition with each isoform. These molecular systems were examined with the program AutoDock, and comparisons made with the kinetics and the explicit simulations to validate AutoDock as a screening tool for potential inhibitors. Two compounds were experimentally found to have sub-millimolar inhibition, but the greater solubility of one reinforces the need for experimental testing alongside computational analysis.
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- Adam P R Zabell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Walther Cancer Research Center, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5670, USA
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Magherini F, Gamberi T, Paoli P, Marchetta M, Biagini M, Raugei G, Camici G, Ramponi G, Modesti A. The in vivo tyrosine phosphorylation level of yeast immunophilin Fpr3 is influenced by the LMW-PTP Ltp1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 321:424-31. [PMID: 15358193 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.06.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tyr-phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essential in controlling the activity of MAP kinase regulating mating, pseudohyphal growth, and cell wall biosynthesis. Yeast serves as a model system for studying the biological function of many protein kinases and PTPs. Two LMW-PTP from yeast have been cloned, namely, Ltp1 from S. cerevisiae and Stp1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The sequences of both enzymes are relatively similar to those of the mammalian LMW-PTP. Recently we showed that the yeast immunophilin Fpr3 interacts with Stp1 and its dephosphorylated state induces a growth defective phenotype. Here we show the phosphatase activity of Ltp1 on Fpr3 and we demonstrated that Tyr 184 is the residue phosphorylated on in vivo Fpr3. We also described the marked activation of Ltp1 by adenine in S. cerevisiae proteome and determined in vivo the influence of tyrosine phosphorylation on Fpr3 localization.
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- Francesca Magherini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Lucentini L, Angiolillo A, Varasano E, Panara F. Low‐molecular‐weight phosphotyrosyl protein phosphatase expression in brain of chicken and some lower vertebrates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1080/11250000209356445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Modesti A, Bini L, Carraresi L, Magherini F, Liberatori S, Pallini V, Manao G, Pinna LA, Raugei G, Ramponi G. Expression of the small tyrosine phosphatase (Stp1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a study on protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:576-85. [PMID: 11258771 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200102)22:3<576::aid-elps576>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Small tyrosine phoshatase 1 (Stp1) is a Schizosaccharomyces pombe low-molecular-mass phosphotyrosine-phosphatase 50% identical to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ltp1. In order to investigate the role of Stp1 in yeast, a mutant was generated having the characteristic of a dominant negative molecule. Changes in protein tyrosine phosphorylation in S. cerevisiae proteome in response to Stp1 or its dominant negative mutant expression were analyzed by high-resolution two-dimensional (2-D) electrophoresis. The most remarkable result is the modification by phosphorylation on tyrosine of several proteins involved in carbohydrate metabolism. Twelve proteins were identified on the basis of their positions in the anti-phosphotyrosine immunoblot of the 2-D electrophoresis. Ten of these present tyrosyl residues that are within the consensus sequence for protein kinase CK2 (casein kinase-2). These data open the possibility for the identification of Stp1 substrates in yeast and provide hints about the nature of tyrosine phosphorylating agents in yeast and in other organisms where bona fide tyrosine kinases are lacking.
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- A Modesti
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochemiche, Università di Firenze, Italy.
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Wang S, Tabernero L, Zhang M, Harms E, Van Etten RL, Stauffacher CV. Crystal structures of a low-molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its complex with the substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate. Biochemistry 2000; 39:1903-14. [PMID: 10684639 DOI: 10.1021/bi991348d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Low-molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatases are virtually ubiquitous, which implies that they have important cellular functions. We present here the 2.2 A resolution X-ray crystallographic structure of wild-type LTP1, a low-molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We also present the structure of an inactive mutant substrate complex of LTP1 with p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) at a resolution of 1.7 A. The crystal structures of the wild-type protein and of the inactive mutant both have two molecules per asymmetric unit. The wild-type protein crystal was grown in HEPES buffer, a sulfonate anion that resembles the phosphate substrate, and a HEPES molecule was found with nearly full occupancy in the active site. Although the fold of LTP1 resembles that of its bovine counterpart BPTP, there are significant changes around the active site that explain differences in their kinetic behavior. In the crystal of the inactive mutant of LTP1, one molecule has a pNPP in the active site, while the other has a phosphate ion. The aromatic residues lining the walls of the active site cavity exhibit large relative movements between the two molecules. The phosphate groups present in the structures of the mutant protein bind more deeply in the active site (that is, closer to the position of nucleophilic cysteine side chain) than does the sulfonate group of the HEPES molecule in the wild-type structure. This further confirms the important role of the phosphate-binding loop in stabilizing the deep binding position of the phosphate group, thus helping to bring the phosphate close to the thiolate anion of nucleophilic cysteine, and facilitating the formation of the phosphoenzyme intermediate.
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- S Wang
- Departments of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Modesti A, Marzocchini R, Raugei G, Chiti F, Sereni A, Magherini F, Ramponi G. Cloning, expression and characterisation of a new human low Mr phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase originating by alternative splicing. FEBS Lett 1998; 431:111-5. [PMID: 9684876 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00732-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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RT-PCR experiments on RNA from K562 and HepG2 cells and from human placenta led to the isolation of a novel cDNA, a further alternative splicing product of the primary transcript of low Mr phosphotyrosine phosphatase (LMW-PTP), already known to produce isoforms 1 and 2. This new transcript represents 15-20% of the total LMW-PTP mRNA in the cell. This novel cDNA codifies for a protein that we have named SV3 (splicing variant 3): the deduced protein sequence presents the first 49 residues identical to those of isoform 1, followed by 24 unrelated amino acids, due to a frameshift introduced at the novel exon-exon boundary. The SV3 protein, expressed in E. coli is enzymatically inactive, most probably because unfolded, as suggested by far-UV circular dichroism (CD) experiments. SV3 protein appears to possess the characteristics of an unstructured polypeptide chain lacking the packing of side chain residues and the secondary structure level that are typical of globular proteins. This protein could represent an inactive variant of the human LMW-PTP.
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- A Modesti
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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Ramponi G, Stefani M. Structure and function of the low Mr phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1341:137-56. [PMID: 9357953 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(97)00087-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases (PTPases) catalyse the hydrolysis of phosphotyrosine residues in proteins and are hence implicated in the complex mechanism of the control of cell proliferation and differentiation. The low Mr PTPases are a group of soluble PTPases displaying a reduced molecular mass; in addition, a group of low molecular mass dual specificity (ds)PTPases which hydrolyse phosphotyrosine and phosphoserine/threonine residues in proteins are known. The enzymes belonging to the two groups are unrelated to each other and to other PTPase classes except for the presence of a CXXXXXRS/T sequence motif containing some of the catalytic residues (active site signature) and for the common catalytic mechanism, clearly indicating convergent evolution. The low Mr PTPases have a long evolutionary history since microbial (prokaryotic and eukaryotic) counterparts of both tyrosine-specific and dsPTPases have been described. Despite the relevant number of data reported on the structural and catalytic features of a number of low Mr PTPases, only limited information is presently available on the substrate specificity and the true biological roles of these enzymes, in prokaryotic, yeast and eukaryotic cells.
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- G Ramponi
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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Ramponi G, Stefani M. Structural, catalytic, and functional properties of low M(r), phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases. Evidence of a long evolutionary history. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1997; 29:279-92. [PMID: 9147129 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(96)00109-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The PTPase family comprises a number of classes of functionally and structurally unrelated enzymes; it represents an important component of the protein-tyrosine phosphorylation/dephosphorylation machinery, which regulates the level of tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of intracellular proteins. A wealth of recently reported data indicates growing interest in a group of PTPases characterized by low (near 20 kDa) molecular weight and high sequence homology (low M(r), PTPases). These enzymes are present in organisms spanning the philogenetic scale, from prokaryotes to yeast and mammals. The sequence homology of the low M(r), PTPases with other classes of PTPases is limited to the active site sequence CXXXXXRS/T, containing the Cys and Arg residues involved in enzyme catalysis found in all PTPases. The X-ray structural data of three enzymes belonging to different classes of PTPases, a bovine liver low M(r), PTPase isoenzyme, PTP1B, and Yersinia PTPase, show that all these enzymes maintain the same active site and overall catalytic mechanism, though displaying different chain foldings and topologies, supporting convergent evolution. Limited findings on the in vivo function of the low M(r), PTPases are presently available; however, an involvement of the mammalian enzymes in the membrane growth factor receptor signal transduction is emerging. The distribution of these enzymes in philogenetically distant unicellular and multicellular organisms supports their participation in important cell functions.
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- G Ramponi
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
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