The TGFβ receptor activation process: An inhibitor- to substrate-binding switch

Morgan Huse; Tom W. Muir; Lan Xu; Ye Guang Chen; John Kuriyan; Joan Massagué

doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00332-X

The TGFβ receptor activation process: An inhibitor- to substrate-binding switch

Morgan Huse, Tom W. Muir, Lan Xu, Ye Guang Chen, John Kuriyan, Joan Massagué

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The type I TGFβ receptor (TβR-I) is activated by phosphorylation of the GS region, a conserved juxtamembrane segment located just N-terminal to the kinase domain. We have studied the molecular mechanism of receptor activation using a homogeneously tetraphosphorylated form of TβR-I, prepared using protein semisynthesis. Phosphorylation of the GS region dramatically enhances the specificity of TβR-I for the critical C-terminal serines of Smad2. In addition, tetraphosphorylated TβR-I is bound specifically by Smad2 in a phosphorylation-dependent manner and is no longer recognized by the inhibitory protein FKBP12. Thus, phosphorylation activates TβR-I by switching the GS region from a binding site for an inhibitor into a binding surface for substrate. Our observations suggest that phosphoserine/phosphothreonine-dependent localization is a key feature of the TβR-I/Smad activation process.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	671-682
Number of pages	12
Journal	Molecular Cell
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00332-X
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

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