Src-catalyzed phosphorylation of c-Cbl leads to the interdependent ubiquitination of both proteins. |
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Authors: | M Yokouchi T Kondo A Sanjay A Houghton A Yoshimura S Komiya H Zhang R Baron |
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Institution: | Departments of Cell Biology, Orthopaedics, and Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. |
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Abstract: | The protooncogene c-Cbl has recently emerged as an E3 ubiquitin ligase for activated receptor tyrosine kinases. We report here that c-Cbl also mediates the ubiquitination of another protooncogene, the non-receptor tyrosine kinase c-Src, as well as of itself. The c-Cbl-dependent ubiquitination of Src and c-Cbl requires c-Cbl's RING finger, Src kinase activity, and c-Cbl's tyrosine phosphorylation, probably on Tyr-371. In vitro, c-Cbl forms a stable complex with the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UbcH7, but active Src destabilizes this interaction. In contrast, Src inhibition stabilizes the c-Cbl. UbcH7.Src complex. Finally, c-Cbl reduces v-Src protein levels and suppresses v-Src-induced STAT3 activation. Thus, in addition to mediating the ubiquitination of activated receptor tyrosine kinases, c-Cbl also acts as a ubiquitin ligase for the non-receptor tyrosine kinase Src, thereby down-regulating Src. |
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