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ArticleNature communications2021

Discovery of an exosite on the SOCS2-SH2 domain that enhances SH2 binding to phosphorylated ligands.

Edmond M Linossi, Kunlun Li, Gianluca Veggiani, Cyrus Tan, Farhad Dehkhoda, Colin Hockings, Dale J Calleja, Narelle Keating, Rebecca Feltham, Andrew J Brooks and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Edmond M Linossi *The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Kunlun Li *The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Gianluca Veggiani *The Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Cyrus TanThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Farhad DehkhodaThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Colin HockingsThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Dale J CallejaThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8306-0900
Narelle KeatingThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Rebecca FelthamThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-6869
Andrew J BrooksThe University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2691-1668
Shawn S LiDepartment of Biochemistry and the Siebens-Drake Medical Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3610-9035
Sachdev S SidhuThe Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7755-5918
Jeffrey J BabonThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5408-6239
Nadia J KershawThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia. kershaw@wehi.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3554-2622
Sandra E NicholsonThe Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia. snicholson@wehi.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-2134
The University of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Toronto · CAThe University of Queensland · AUWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS)2 protein is a key negative regulator of the growth hormone (GH) and Janus kinase (JAK)-Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) signaling cascade. The central SOCS2-Src homology 2 (SH2) domain is characteristic of the SOCS family proteins and is an important module that facilitates recognition of targets bearing phosphorylated tyrosine (pTyr) residues. Here we identify an exosite on the SOCS2-SH2 domain which, when bound to a non-phosphorylated peptide (F3), enhances SH2 affinity for canonical phosphorylated ligands. Solution of the SOCS2/F3 crystal structure reveals F3 as an α-helix which binds on the opposite side of the SH2 domain to the phosphopeptide binding site. F3:exosite binding appears to stabilise the SOCS2-SH2 domain, resulting in slower dissociation of phosphorylated ligands and consequently, enhances binding affinity. This biophysical enhancement of SH2:pTyr binding affinity translates to increase SOCS2 inhibition of GH signaling.

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A549 CellsAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCloning, MolecularCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHEK293 CellsHumansModels, MolecularPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein Conformation, beta-StrandProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsRecombinant ProteinsSOCS2 protein, humanSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling ProteinsTyrosine

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PMID34857742
PMCPMC8640019
OpenAlexW3216323749

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