The anion-exchange band 3 protein is the main erythrocyte protein that is phosphorylated by tyrosine kinase. To study the regulation of band 3 phosphorylation, we examined phosphotyrosine phosphatase (PTP) activity in the human erythrocyte. We show that the human erythrocyte membrane contains a band 3-associated neutral PTP which is activated by Mg2+ and inhibited by Mn2+ and vanadate. The PTP is active in the intact cell and in the isolated membrane. A major fraction of the PTP is tightly bound to the membrane and can be extracted from it by Triton X-100; a minor part is associated with the Triton X-100-insoluble cytoskeleton. The behaviour of the PTP parallels that of band 3, the major fraction of which is extractable by detergents with a minor fraction being anchored to the cytoskeleton. Moreover, band 3 is co-precipitated when the PTP is immunoprecipitated from solubilized membranes, and PTP is co-precipitated when band 3 is immunoprecipitated. The PTP appears to be related to PTP1B (identified using an antibody to an epitope in its catalytic domain and by molecular mass). The system described here has a unique advantage for PTP research, since it allows the study of the interaction of a PTP with an endogenous physiological substrate that is present in substantial amounts in the cell membrane. The membrane-bound, band 3-associated, PTP may play a role in band 3 function in the erythrocyte and in other cells which have proteins analogous to band 3.
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March 1996
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March 15 1996
Phosphotyrosine phosphatase associated with band 3 protein in the human erythrocyte membrane
Yehudit ZIPSER
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Yehudit ZIPSER
1Department of Human Genetics, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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Nechama S. KOSOWER
Nechama S. KOSOWER
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1Department of Human Genetics, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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Biochem J (1996) 314 (3): 881–887.
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Yehudit ZIPSER, Nechama S. KOSOWER; Phosphotyrosine phosphatase associated with band 3 protein in the human erythrocyte membrane. Biochem J 15 March 1996; 314 (3): 881–887. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3140881
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