A combinatorial approach to identifying protein tyrosine phosphatase substrates from a phosphotyrosine peptide library
A combinatorial approach to identifying protein tyrosine phosphatase substrates from a phosphotyrosine peptide library
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DOI:
10.1021/ja971825k
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发表时间:
1997-10-08
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15
通讯作者:
Balasubramanian, S
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作者:
Cheung, YW;Abell, C;Balasubramanian, S
Protein phosphorylation plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cellular functions such as growth and differentiation. 1 The study of the substrate recognition of protein kinases and protein phosphatases is critical to our understanding of protein phosphorylation and could yield valuable structural information to assist in the design of selective inhibitors to interfere with cellular signalling processes. Studies on protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) using phosphotyrosyl peptide substrates have demonstrated some level of substrate specificity. 2, 3 Such studies have largely been based on peptide sequences derived from phosphoproteins that include the autophosphorylation sites of the insulin receptor4, 5 and the epidermal growth factor receptor. 2, 3, 6 However, the necessity to synthesize and test single phosphopeptides limits the exploration of PTP specificities. A suitable combinatorial approach would provide a valuable means of rapidly identifying substrate consensus sequences for PTPs. There are examples of the application of solution-phase combinatorial methods to the discovery of ligands that bind to a target receptor. 7 For a solid-phase library, ligand selection has been mediated by binding assays using a fluorescently labeled target protein8 or by immunostaining the protein-bound beads. 9-11 The identification of good substrates for enzymatic turnover requires the discrimination of solid-phase products of catalysis from solid-phase substrates, with single-bead sensitivity. This has been demonstrated in the screening of peptide libraries with endopeptidases by a quenched fluorescence assay12 and also in the detection of protein kinase substrates by the incorporation of radioactive 32P. 13 Immunodetection of solidphase products has been employed in the selection of catalytic antibodies. 14 We report a novel combinatorial approach for identifying substrates for PTPs from a resin-bound library of phosphotyrosyl peptides.