Loss of phosphatase activity in Ptp69D alleles supporting axon guidance defects

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
Joy E Marlo, Chand J Desai

Abstract

PTP69D is a receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase that was identified as a key regulator of neuromuscular axon guidance in Drosophila, and has subsequently been shown to play a similar role in the central nervous system and retina. Three Ptp69D alleles with mutations involving catalytically important residues exhibit a high degree of phenotypic variation with viability of mutant adult flies ranging from 0 to 96%, and ISNb motor nerve defects ranging from 11 to 57% [Desai and Purdy, 2003]. To determine whether mutations in Ptp69D affecting axon guidance and viability demonstrate losses of phosphatase activity and whether differences in catalytic potential underlie phenotypic variability, we expressed full-length wild-type and mutant PTP69D protein in Schneider 2 cells, and assessed phosphatase activity using the fluorogenic substrate 6,8-difluoro-4-methylumbelliferone phosphate (DiFMUP). Detailed biochemical characterization of wild-type PTP69D, including an examination of sensitivity to various inhibitors, in vitro catalytic efficiency, and the pH-k(cat) profile of the enzyme, suggests a common tyrosine phosphatase reaction mechanism despite lack of sequence conservation in the WPD loop. Analysis of mutant proteins revealed tha...Continue Reading

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