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Src phosphorylation of cortactin enhances actin assembly.

ABSTRACT: Src kinase mediates growth factor signaling and causes oncogenic transformation, which includes dramatic changes in the actin cytoskeleton, cell shape, and motility. Cortactin was discovered as a substrate for Src. How phosphorylation of cortactin can enhance actin assembly is unknown. Here, using an actin assembly system reconstituted from purified components, we demonstrate for the first time a biochemical mechanism by which Src phosphorylation of cortactin affects actin assembly. The adaptor Nck is an important component of the system, linking phosphorylated cortactin with neuronal WASp (N-WASp) and WASp-interacting protein (WIP) to activate Arp2/3 complex.

SUBMITTER: Tehrani S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1924558 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Src phosphorylation of cortactin enhances actin assembly.

Tehrani Shandiz S Tomasevic Nenad N Weed Scott S Sakowicz Roman R Cooper John A JA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070702 29

Src kinase mediates growth factor signaling and causes oncogenic transformation, which includes dramatic changes in the actin cytoskeleton, cell shape, and motility. Cortactin was discovered as a substrate for Src. How phosphorylation of cortactin can enhance actin assembly is unknown. Here, using an actin assembly system reconstituted from purified components, we demonstrate for the first time a biochemical mechanism by which Src phosphorylation of cortactin affects actin assembly. The adaptor ...[more]

PMID: 17606906

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