Identification and characterization of a large family of superbinding bacterial SH2 domains

Tomonori Kaneko, Peter J. Stogios, Xiang Ruan, Courtney Voss, Elena Evdokimova, Tatiana Skarina, Amy Chung, Xiaoling Liu, Lei Li, Alexei Savchenko, Alexander W. Ensminger and Shawn S.-C. Li ()
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Tomonori Kaneko: Western University
Peter J. Stogios: University of Toronto
Xiang Ruan: Western University
Courtney Voss: Western University
Elena Evdokimova: University of Toronto
Tatiana Skarina: University of Toronto
Amy Chung: MaRS Centre
Xiaoling Liu: Western University
Lei Li: Western University
Alexei Savchenko: University of Toronto
Alexander W. Ensminger: MaRS Centre
Shawn S.-C. Li: Western University

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract Src homology 2 (SH2) domains play a critical role in signal transduction in mammalian cells by binding to phosphorylated Tyr (pTyr). Apart from a few isolated cases in viruses, no functional SH2 domain has been identified to date in prokaryotes. Here we identify 93 SH2 domains from Legionella that are distinct in sequence and specificity from mammalian SH2 domains. The bacterial SH2 domains are not only capable of binding proteins or peptides in a Tyr phosphorylation-dependent manner, some bind pTyr itself with micromolar affinities, a property not observed for mammalian SH2 domains. The Legionella SH2 domains feature the SH2 fold and a pTyr-binding pocket, but lack a specificity pocket found in a typical mammalian SH2 domain for recognition of sequences flanking the pTyr residue. Our work expands the boundary of phosphotyrosine signalling to prokaryotes, suggesting that some bacterial effector proteins have acquired pTyr-superbinding characteristics to facilitate bacterium-host interactions.

Date: 2018
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