STAP-2 is phosphorylated at tyrosine-250 by Brk and modulates Brk-mediated STAT3 activation

STAP-2 is phosphorylated at tyrosine-250 by Brk and modulates Brk-mediated STAT3 activation.

Signal transducing adaptor protein-2 (STAP-2) is a recently identified adaptor protein that contains Pleckstrin and Src homology 2 (SH2)-like domains as well as a YXXQ motif in its C-terminal region. STAP-2 is also known as breast tumor kinase (Brk) substrate (BKS). Our previous studies revealed that STAP-2 binds to signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and STAT5, and regul...

Interactions of STAP-2 with BRK and STAT3/5 in Breast Cancer Cells

Title: Involvement of Stap-2 in Brk-mediated Phosphorylation and Activation of Stat5 in Breast Cancer Cells

Signal-transducing adaptor protein (STAP)-2 is a recently identified adaptor protein that contains Pleckstrin homology (PH) and Src homology 2 (SH2)-like domains, and is also known to be a substrate of breast tumor kinase (Brk). In a previous study, we found that STAP-2 upregulated Brk-mediated activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 in breast cancer cells. Here,...

Future Therapeutic Strategies: Implications for Brk Targeting

PTK6/BRK is expressed in the normal mammary gland and activated at the plasma membrane in breast tumors

Protein Tyrosine kinase 6 (PTK6/BRK) is overexpressed in the majority of human breast tumors and breast tumor cell lines. It is also expressed in normal epithelial linings of the gastrointestinal tract, skin, and prostate. To date, expression of PTK6 has not been extensively examined in the normal human mammary gland. We detected PTK6 mRNA and protein expression in the immortalized normal MCF-1...