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Crystal structure of an SH2-kinase construct of c-Abl and effect of the SH2 domain on kinase activity

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Lorenz,  Sonja       
Research Group Ubiquitin Signaling Specificity, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Society;
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Lorenz, S., Deng, P., Hantschel, O., Superti-Furga, G., & Kuriyan, J. (2015). Crystal structure of an SH2-kinase construct of c-Abl and effect of the SH2 domain on kinase activity. Biochemical Journal, 468(2), 283-291. doi:10.1042/BJ20141492.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-37D9-2
Abstract
Constitutive activation of the non-receptor tyrosine kinase c-Abl (Abl1) in the Bcr-Abl1 fusion oncoprotein is the molecular cause of chronic myeloid leukemia. Recent studies have indicated that an interaction between the SH2 domain and the N-lobe of the c-Abl kinase domain has a critical role in leukemogenesis. To dissect the structural basis of this phenomenon we studied c-Abl constructs comprising the SH2 and kinase domains in vitro. We present a crystal structure of an SH2-kinase domain construct bound to dasatinib, which contains the relevant interface between the SH2 domain and the N-lobe of the kinase domain. We show that the presence of the SH2 domain enhances kinase activity moderately and that this effect depends on contacts in the SH2-N-lobe interface and is abrogated by specific mutations. Consistently, formation of the interface decreases slightly the association rate of imatinib with the kinase domain. That the effects are small compared to the dramatic in vivo consequences suggests an important function of the SH2-N-lobe interaction might be to help disassemble the autoinhibited conformation of c-Abl and promote processive phosphorylation, rather than substantially stimulate kinase activity.