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Identification of a Protein that Binds to the SH3 Region of Abl and Is Similar to Bcr and GAP-rho

SciencePublished 7 August 1992
Piera Cicchetti, Bruce J. Mayer, Gerald Thiel, David Baltimore
Citations552
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SJR score10.42
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TL;DR

The 3BP-1 protein may be a mediator of SH3 function in transformation inhibition and may link tyrosine kinases to Ras-related proteins.

Abstract

A Src homology 3 (SH3) region is a sequence of approximately 50 amino acids found in many nonreceptor tyrosine kinases and other proteins. Deletion of the SH3 region from the protein encoded by the c-abl proto-oncogene activates the protein's transforming capacity, thereby suggesting the participation of the SH3 region in the negative regulation of transformation. A complementary DNA was isolated that encoded a protein, 3BP-1, to which the SH3 region of Abl bound with high specificity and to which SH3 regions from other proteins bound differentially. The sequence of the 3BP-1 protein is similar to that of a COOH-terminal segment of Bcr and to guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein (GAP)-rho, which suggests that it might have GAP activity for Ras-related proteins. The 3BP-1 protein may therefore be a mediator of SH3 function in transformation inhibition and may link tyrosine kinases to Ras-related proteins.

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MedicineAgricultural and Biological SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology