N terminus of Sos1 Ras exchange factor: critical roles for the Dbl and pleckstrin homology domains.

Molecular and Cellular Biology
X QianD R Lowy

Abstract

We have studied the functional importance of the N terminus of mouse Sos1 (mSos1), a ubiquitously expressed Ras-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor whose C-terminal sequences bind Grb-2. Consistent with previous reports, addition of a myristoylation signal to mSos1 (MyrSos1) rendered it transforming for NIH 3T3 cells and deletion of the mSos C terminus (MyrSos1-deltaC) did not interfere with this activity. However, an N-terminally deleted myristoylated mSos1 protein (MyrSos1-deltaN) was transformation defective, although the protein was stable and localized to the membrane. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to examine the role of the Dbl and pleckstrin homology (PH) domains located in the N terminus. When mutations in the PH domain were introduced into two conserved amino acids either singly or together in MyrSos1 or MyrSos1-deltaC, the transforming activity was severely impaired. An analogous reduction in biological activity was seen when a cluster of point mutations was engineered into the Dbl domain. The mitogen-activation protein (MAP) kinase activities induced by the various Dbl and PH mutants of MyrSos1 correlated with their biological activities. When NIH 3T3 cells were transfected with a myristoylated Sos N ter...Continue Reading

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