Abstract
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase critical for B cell development and function. Mutations in BTK result in X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in humans and X-linked Immunodeficiency (xid) in mice. Using a random mutagenesis scheme, we isolated a gain-of-function mutant called BTK* whose expression drives growth of NIH 3T3 cells In soft agar. BTK* results from a single point mutation In the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, where a Glu is replaced by Lys at residue 41. BTK* shows an increase In phosphorylation on tyrosine residues and an increase in membrane targeting. Transforming activity requires kinase activity, a putative autophosphorylation site, and a functional PH domain. Mutation of the SH2 or SH3 domains did not affect the activity of BTK*. Expression of BTK* could also relieve IL-5 dependence of a B lineage cell line. These results show that transformation activation and regulation of BTK are critically dependent on the PH domain.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 451-460 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Immunity |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases