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Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1) is implicated in signaling downstream of the T cell receptor. Its non-catalytic, C-terminal half contains several prolinerich motifs, which have been shown to interact with different SH3 domain-containing adaptor proteins in vitro. One of these, Mona/Gads, was also shown to bind HPK1 in mouse T cells in vivo. The region of HPK1 that binds to the Mona/Gads C-terminal SH3 domain has been mapped and shows only very limited similarity to a recently identified high affinity binding motif in SLP-76, another T-cell adaptor. Using isothermal titration calorimetry and x-ray crystallography, the binding of the HPK1 motif to Mona/Gads SH3C has now been characterized in molecular detail. The results indicate that although charge interactions through an RXXK motif are essential for complex formation, a PXXP motif in HPK1 strongly complements binding. This unexpected binding mode therefore differs considerably from the previously described interaction of Mona/Gads SH3C with SLP-76. The crystal structure of the complex highlights the great versatility of SH3 domains, which allows interactions with very different proteins. This currently limits our ability to categorize SH3 binding properties by simple rules.

Original publication

DOI

10.1074/jbc.M402745200

Type

Journal article

Journal

J Biol Chem

Publication Date

02/07/2004

Volume

279

Pages

28724 - 28732

Keywords

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Amino Acid Motifs, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Calorimetry, Carrier Proteins, Crystallography, X-Ray, Humans, Kinetics, Mice, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptides, Phosphoproteins, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Time Factors, src Homology Domains