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XB-ART-8411
Mol Biol Cell 2001 Sep 01;129:2881-93. doi: 10.1091/mbc.12.9.2881.
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Transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling and endocytosis are linked through a COOH terminal activation motif in the type I receptor.

Garamszegi N , Doré JJ , Penheiter SG , Edens M , Yao D , Leof EB .


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Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) coordinates a number of biological events important in normal and pathophysiological growth. In this study, deletion and substitution mutations were used to identify receptor motifs modulating TGF-beta receptor activity. Initial experiments indicated that a COOH-terminal sequence between amino acids 482-491 in the kinase domain of the type I receptor was required for ligand-induced receptor signaling and down-regulation. These 10 amino acids are highly conserved in mammalian, Xenopus, and Drosophila type I receptors. Although mutation or deletion of the region (referred to as the NANDOR BOX, for nonactivating non-down-regulating) abolishes TGF-beta-dependent mitogenesis, transcriptional activity, type I receptor phosphorylation, and down-regulation in mesenchymal cultures, adjacent mutations also within the kinase domain are without effect. Moreover, a kinase-defective type I receptor can functionally complement a mutant BOX expressing type I receptor, documenting that when the BOX mutant is activated, it has kinase activity. These results indicate that the sequence between 482 and 491 in the type I receptor provides a critical function regulating activation of the TGF-beta receptor complex.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: tgfb1

References [+] :
Anders, Differential requirement for type I and type II transforming growth factor beta receptor kinase activity in ligand-mediated receptor endocytosis. 1998, Pubmed