Takeshita T, Arita T, Asao H, Tanaka N, Higuchi M, Kuroda H, Kaneko K, Munakata H, Endo Y, Fujita T, Sugamura K
Department of Microbiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1996 Aug 23;225(3):1035-9. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.1290.
We molecularly cloned a cDNA coding for a novel phosphotyrosine molecule with a 70 kDa molecular mass, named STAM (signal transducing adaptor molecule), which is tyrosine-phosphorylated rapidly after stimulation with various cytokines such as IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-7, GM-CSF, EGF and PDGF. STAM contains an SH3 (Src-homology 3) domain and the ITAM (immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif), suggesting that STAM acts as an adaptor molecule involved in signal transducing pathways from the cytokine receptors.
我们通过分子克隆得到了一个编码新型磷酸化酪氨酸分子的cDNA,该分子分子量为70 kDa,命名为STAM(信号转导衔接分子),在用IL-2、IL-3、IL-4、IL-7、GM-CSF、EGF和PDGF等多种细胞因子刺激后,它会迅速发生酪氨酸磷酸化。STAM含有一个SH3(Src同源结构域3)结构域和ITAM(基于免疫受体酪氨酸的激活基序),这表明STAM作为一种衔接分子参与细胞因子受体的信号转导途径。