Dimerization Induced by C-Terminal 14–3–3 Binding Is Sufficient for BRAF Kinase Activation

Autor: Sarah G. Hymowitz, Jawahar Sudhamsu, John G. Quinn, Wilson Phung, Shiva Malek, Nicholas P. D. Liau, Avinashnarayan Venkatanarayan
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Biochemistry. 59:3982-3992
ISSN: 1520-4995
0006-2960
Popis: The Ras-RAF-MEK-ERK signaling axis, commonly mutated in human cancers, is highly regulated to prevent aberrant signaling in healthy cells. One of the pathway modulators, 14-3-3, a constitutive dimer, induces RAF dimerization and activation by binding to a phosphorylated motif C-terminal to the RAF kinase domain. Recent work has suggested that a C-terminal "DTS" region in BRAF is necessary for this 14-3-3-mediated activation. We show that the catalytic activity and ATP binding affinity of the BRAF:14-3-3 complex is insensitive to the presence or absence of the DTS, while the ATP sites of both BRAF molecules are identical and available for binding. We also present a crystal structure of the apo BRAF:14-3-3 complex showing that the DTS is not required to attain the catalytically active conformation of BRAF. Rather, BRAF dimerization induced by 14-3-3 is the key step in activation, allowing the active BRAF:14-3-3 tetramer to achieve catalytic activity comparable to the constitutively active oncogenic BRAF V600E mutant.
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