Expression cloning of a human dual-specificity phosphatase.

Using an expression cloning strategy, we isolated a cDNA encoding a human protein-tyrosine-phosphatase. Bacteria expressing the kinase domain of the keratinocyte growth factor receptor (bek/fibroblast growth factor receptor 2) were infected with a fibroblast cDNA library in a phagemid prokaryotic expression vector and screened with a monoclonal anti-phosphotyrosine antibody. Among ...
several clones showing decreased anti-phosphotyrosine recognition, one displayed phosphatase activity toward the kinase in vitro. The 4.1-kilobase cDNA encoded a deduced protein of 185 amino acids with limited sequence similarity to the vaccinia virus phosphatase VH1. The purified recombinant protein dephosphorylated several activated growth factor receptors, as well as serine-phosphorylated casein, in vitro. Both serine and tyrosine phosphatase activities were completely abolished by mutagenesis of a single cysteine residue conserved in VH1 and the VH1-related (VHR) human protein. These properties suggest that VHR is capable of regulating intracellular events mediated by both tyrosine and serine phosphorylation.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, Cloning, Molecular, Gene Expression, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Phosphoprotein Phosphatases, Phosphoserine, Phosphotyrosine, RNA, Messenger, Restriction Mapping, Sequence Alignment, Substrate Specificity, Tyrosine
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
Date: Dec. 15, 1992
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