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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
卷 174, 期 6, 页码 889-899出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200604060
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A key feature of integrins is their ability to regulate the affinity for ligands, a process termed integrin activation. The final step in integrin activation is talin binding to the NPXY motif of the integrin beta cytoplasmic domains. Talin binding disrupts the salt bridge between the alpha/beta tails, leading to tail separation and integrin activation. We analyzed mice in which we mutated the tyrosines of the beta 1 tail and the membrane-proximal aspartic acid required for the salt bridge. Tyrosine-to-alanine substitutions abolished beta 1 integrin functions and led to a beta 1 integrin-null phenotype in vivo. Surprisingly, neither the substitution of the tyrosines with phenylalanine nor the aspartic acid with alanine resulted in an obvious defect. These data suggest that the NPXY motifs of the beta 1 integrin tail are essential for beta 1 integrin function, whereas tyrosine phosphorylation and the membrane-proximal salt bridge between alpha and beta 1 tails have no apparent function under physiological conditions in vivo.
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