Pang-Dian Fan, Feng Cong, Stephen P Goff
Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular and Biophysical Studies, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Cancer research 2003 Feb 15Oligomerization of the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase c-Abl can activate its transforming potential. Domains mediating oligomerization within the BCR-ABL and TEL-ABL oncoproteins are required for transforming activity, and fusion of inducible dimerization domains to c-Abl can generate chimeric proteins with dimerization-dependent transforming activity. We have found that c-Abl oligomerizes at high levels of expression in COS cells. This interaction is dependent on kinase activity and an intact NH(2)-terminal region of c-Abl. A binding partner of c-Abl, Abl-interactor-1 (Abi-1), similarly oligomerizes in COS cells. An oligomeric form of Abi-1 interacts with Abl both in vitro and in mammalian cells. These results suggest the possibility that oligomerization of Abl kinases, perhaps involving regulation by their interaction partners, may play a role in modulation of kinase activity in both normal and oncogenic processes.
Pang-Dian Fan, Feng Cong, Stephen P Goff. Homo- and hetero-oligomerization of the c-Abl kinase and Abelson-interactor-1. Cancer research. 2003 Feb 15;63(4):873-7
PMID: 12591740
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