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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 16, Pages 16606-16613Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M312098200
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GMGM34933, GM28007] Funding Source: Medline
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In chemotaxing cells, localization of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P-3) to the leading edge of the cell sets the direction and regulates the formation of pseudopods at the anterior. We show that the lipid phosphatase activity of PTEN mediates chemotaxis and that the sharp localization of PI(3,4,5)P-3 requires localization of PTEN to the rear of the cell. Our data suggest that a phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P-2) binding motif at the N terminus of PTEN serves the dual role of localizing the enzyme to the membrane and regulating its activity. Mutations in this motif enhance catalytic activity but render the enzyme inactive in vivo by preventing membrane association. The key role of this motif may explain the heretofore puzzling tumor-suppressing mutations occurring within the PI(4,5)P-2 binding motif. On the other hand, the localization of PTEN does not depend on its phosphatase activity, the actin cytoskeleton, or the intracellular level of PI(3,4,5)P-3, suggesting that events controlling localization are upstream of phosphoinositide signaling.
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