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ArticleScience signaling2019

Design and evaluation of engineered protein biosensors for live-cell imaging of EGFR phosphorylation.

Karthik Tiruthani, Adam Mischler, Shoeb Ahmed, Jessica Mahinthakumar, Jason M Haugh, Balaji M Rao

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Article in Science signaling, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Karthik TiruthaniDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8939-7774
Adam MischlerDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8167-7109
Shoeb AhmedDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0001-8215-5169
Jessica MahinthakumarDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9340-8045
Jason M HaughDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. jmhaugh@ncsu.edu bmrao@ncsu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2476-4027
Balaji M RaoDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. jmhaugh@ncsu.edu bmrao@ncsu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5695-8953
North Carolina State University · USBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology · BD

Funding

Protein Biosensors with Customized Properties for Live-Cell ImagingR21EB015712 · NIBIB · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI HAUGH, JASON M., RAO, BALAJI M · 2012 to 2013
$410k
NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB015712
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Live-cell fluorescence microscopy is broadly applied to study the dynamics of receptor-mediated cell signaling, but the availability of intracellular biosensors is limited. A biosensor based on the tandem SH2 domains from phospholipase C-γ1 (PLCγ1), tSH2-WT, has been used to measure phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Here, we found that tSH2-WT lacked specificity for phosphorylated EGFR, consistent with the known promiscuity of SH2 domains. Further, EGF-stimulated membrane recruitment of tSH2-WT differed qualitatively from the expected kinetics of EGFR phosphorylation. Analysis of a mathematical model suggested, and experiments confirmed, that the high avidity of tSH2-WT resulted in saturation of its target and interference with EGFR endocytosis. To overcome the apparent target specificity and saturation issues, we implemented two protein engineering strategies. In the first approach, we screened a combinatorial library generated by random mutagenesis of the C-terminal SH2 domain (cSH2) of PLCγ1 and isolated a mutant form (mSH2) with enhanced specificity for phosphorylated Tyr

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesAnimalsCell LineEndocytosisErbB ReceptorsMiceMicroscopy, FluorescencePhospholipase C gammaPhosphorylationsrc Homology DomainsEGFR protein, mouseErbB ReceptorsPhospholipase C gammaPlcg1 protein, mouse

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PMID31164479
PMCPMC8757379
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