A Mr=190,000 glycoprotein phosphorylated on tyrosine residues in epidermal growth factor stimulated KB cells is the product of the C-erbB-2 gene

Takashi Kadowaki*, Masato Kasuga, Kazuyuki Tobe, Fumimaro Takaku, Eisuke Nishida, Hikoichi Sakai, Shigeo Koyasu, Ichiro Yahara, Kumao Toyoshima, Tadashi Yamamoto, Tetsu Akiyama

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Abstract

In human epidermoid carcinoma KB cells, a glycoprotein of Mr=190,000 (gp190) has been shown to be phosphorylated on tyrosine residues upon EGF stimulation (Kadowaki et al., 1987, J. Biol. Chem. in press). Using a specific antibody to the c-terminal portion of the human c-erbB-2 gene product, we have found that gp190 is the human c-erbB-2 gene product which is structurally closely related to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor. Since monoclonal antibody specific for the EGF receptor abolished both EGF binding to its receptor and tyrosine phosphorylation of the c-erbB-2 gene product, we have concluded that activation of EGF receptor tyrosine kinase activity upon EGF binding leads to the phosphorylation of the c-erbB-2 gene product on its tyrosine residues.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)699-704
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume144
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987/04/29

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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