Identification of tyrosine 620 as the major phosphorylation site of myelin-associated glycoprotein and its implication in interacting with signaling molecules.

Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) is a myelin-specific cell adhesion molecule of the immunoglobulin supergene family and is tyrosine-phosphorylated in the developing brain. To define the role of MAG in signal transduction, the tyrosine phosphorylation sites were analyzed. The major tyrosine phosphorylation residue was identified as Tyr-620, which was found to interact ...
specifically with the SH2 domains of phospholipase C (PLC gamma). This domain may represent a novel protein binding motif that can be regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation. MAG also specifically bound the Fyn tyrosine kinase, suggesting that MAG serves as a docking protein that allows the interaction between different signaling molecules.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Base Sequence, DNA Primers, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Myelin Proteins, Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein, Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, Oligodendroglia, Peptide Mapping, Phosphorylation, Phosphotyrosine, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn, Rats, Recombinant Proteins, Signal Transduction, Type C Phospholipases, Tyrosine
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Nov. 04, 1994
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