Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the Proto-Oncoprotein Raf-1 Is Regulated by Raf-1 Itself and the Phosphatase Cdc25A |
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| Authors: | Kai Xia Robert S. Lee Radha P. Narsimhan Nishit K. Mukhopadhyay Benjamin G. Neel Thomas M. Roberts |
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| Affiliation: | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. |
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| Abstract: | There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that Raf-1 is phosphorylated on tyrosines upon stimulation of a variety of receptors. Although detection of Raf-1 tyrosine phosphorylation has remained elusive, genetic analyses have demonstrated it to be important for Raf-1 activation. Here we report new findings which indicate that Raf-1 tyrosine phosphorylation is regulated in vivo. In both a mammalian and baculovirus expression system, a kinase-inactive allele of Raf-1 was found to be tyrosine phosphorylated at levels much greater than that of wild-type Raf-1. The level of tyrosine phosphate on Raf-1 was markedly increased upon treatment with phosphatase inhibitors either before or after cell lysis. Cdc25A was found to dephosphorylate Raf-1 on tyrosines that resulted in a significant decrease in Raf-1 kinase activity. In NIH 3T3 cells, coexpression of wild-type Raf-1 and phosphatase-inactive Cdc25A led to a marked increase in Raf-1 tyrosine phosphorylation in response to platelet-derived growth factor. These data suggest that the tyrosine phosphorylation of Raf-1 is regulated not only by itself but also by Cdc25A. |
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