The Gab1 protein is a docking site for multiple proteins involved in signaling by the B cell antigen receptor.

Gab1 is a member of the docking/scaffolding protein family which includes IRS-1, IRS-2, c-Cbl, p130(cas), and p62(dok). These proteins contain a variety of protein-protein interaction motifs including multiple tyrosine residues that when phosphorylated can act as binding sites for Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing signaling proteins. We show in the ...
RAMOS human B cell line that Gab1 is tyrosine-phosphorylated in response to B cell antigen receptor (BCR) engagement. Moreover, tyrosine phosphorylation of Gab1 correlated with the binding of several SH2-containing signaling proteins to Gab1 including Shc, Grb2, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and the SHP-2 tyrosine phosphatase. Far Western analysis showed that the SH2 domains of Shc, SHP-2, and the p85 subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase could bind directly to tyrosine-phosphorylated Gab1 isolated from activated RAMOS cells. In contrast, the Grb2 SH2 domain did not bind directly to Gab1 but instead to the Shc and SHP-2 associated with Gab1. We also show that Gab1 is present in the membrane-enriched particulate fraction of RAMOS cells and that Gab1/signaling protein complexes are found in this fraction after BCR engagement. Thus, tyrosine-phosphorylated Gab1 may recruit cytosolic signaling proteins to cellular membranes where they can act on membrane-bound targets. This may be a critical step in the activation of multiple BCR signaling pathways.
Mesh Terms:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport, Binding Sites, GRB2 Adaptor Protein, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Phosphoproteins, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, Protein Sorting Signals, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Proteins, Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Tyrosine, src Homology Domains
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Nov. 13, 1998
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