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Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

2013

Conserved Domains

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Functional Integration Of The Conserved Domains Of Shoc2 Scaffold, Myoungkun Jeoung, Lina Abdelmoti, Eun Ryoung Jang, Craig W. Vander Kooi, Emilia Galperin Jun 2013

Functional Integration Of The Conserved Domains Of Shoc2 Scaffold, Myoungkun Jeoung, Lina Abdelmoti, Eun Ryoung Jang, Craig W. Vander Kooi, Emilia Galperin

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Shoc2 is a positive regulator of signaling to extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2). Shoc2 is also proposed to interact with RAS and Raf-1 in order to accelerate ERK1/2 activity. To understand the mechanisms by which Shoc2 regulates ERK1/2 activation by the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), we dissected the role of Shoc2 structural domains in binding to its signaling partners and its role in regulating ERK1/2 activity. Shoc2 is comprised of two main domains: the 21 leucine rich repeats (LRRs) core and the N-terminal non-LRR domain. We demonstrated that the N-terminal domain mediates Shoc2 binding to both …