2022
A novel site on dual-specificity phosphatase MKP7/DUSP16 is required for catalysis and MAPK binding
Shillingford S, Zhang L, Surovtseva Y, Dorry S, Lolis E, Bennett AM. A novel site on dual-specificity phosphatase MKP7/DUSP16 is required for catalysis and MAPK binding. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2022, 298: 102617. PMID: 36272649, PMCID: PMC9676401, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitogen-activated protein kinaseP38 mitogen-activated protein kinaseMAPK bindingRegulatory mechanismsAllosteric siteMKP family membersNovel allosteric siteSmall molecule targetingMAPK/JNKAdditional regulatory mechanismsPhosphatase functionPhosphatase domainP38 MAPK/JNKProtein kinaseMKP7Site mutantsMAPK signalingAllosteric pocketMolecule targetingMAPK dephosphorylationMutantsNovel siteJNKCatalytic siteDephosphorylation
1998
Direct link between cytokine activity and a catalytic site for macrophage migration inhibitory factor
Swope M, Sun H, Blake P, Lolis E. Direct link between cytokine activity and a catalytic site for macrophage migration inhibitory factor. The EMBO Journal 1998, 17: 3534-3541. PMID: 9649424, PMCID: PMC1170690, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-terminal prolineN-terminal regionStructure-based inhibitorsMultiple sequence alignmentThree-dimensional structureInvariant residuesEntire polypeptideMicrobial enzymesCatalytic basePro-1Sequence alignmentMIF homologuesCytokine activityHuman macrophage migration inhibitory factorCatalytic siteProlineInhibitory factorHomologuesUnderlying biological activityP-hydroxyphenylpyruvateProteinMacrophage migration inhibitory factorActive siteBiological activity