Phosphotyrosine-Containing Dipeptides as High-Affinity Ligands for the p56<i><sup>lck</sup></i> SH2 Domain
作者:Montse Llinàs-Brunet、Pierre L. Beaulieu、Dale R. Cameron、Jean-Marie Ferland、Jean Gauthier、Elise Ghiro、James Gillard、Vida Gorys、Martin Poirier、Jean Rancourt、Dominik Wernic、Raj Betageri、Mario Cardozo、Scott Jakes、Suzanne Lukas、Usha Patel、John Proudfoot、Neil Moss
DOI:10.1021/jm980612i
日期:1999.2.1
Src homology-2 (SH2) domains are noncatalytic motifs containing approximately 100 amino acid residues that are involved in intracellular signal transduction. The phosphotyrosine-containing tetrapeptide Ac-pYEEI binds to the SH2 domain of p.56(lck) (Lck) with an affinity of 0.1 mu M. Starting from Ac-pYEEI, we have designed potent antagonists of the Lck SH2 domain which are reduced in peptidic character and in which the three carboxyl groups have been eliminated. The two C-terminal amino acids (EI) have been replaced by benzylamine derivatives and the pY + 1 glutamic acid has been substituted with leucine. The best C-terminal fragment identified, (S)-1-(4-isopropylphenyl)ethylamine, binds to the Lck SH2 domain better than the C-terminal dipeptide EI. Molecular modeling suggests that the substituents at the 4-position of the phenyl ring occupy the pY + 3 lipophilic pocket in the SH2 domain originally occupied by the isoleucine side chain. This new series of phosphotyrosine-containing dipeptides binds to the Lck SH2 domain with potencies comparable to that of tetrapeptide 1.