Sh3 domain-containing kinase-binding protein 1. Chain: a. Fragment: sh3 c, residues 270-328. Synonym: cd2-binding protein 3, cd2bp3, cbl-interacting protein of 85 kda, human src family kinase-binding protein 1, hsb-1, cin85. Engineered: yes. Other_details: third sh3 domain
SH3 domains constitute a new type of ubiquitin-binding domains. We previously
showed that the third SH3 domain (SH3-C) of CD2AP binds ubiquitin in an
alternative orientation. We have determined the structure of the complex between
first CD2AP SH3 domain and ubiquitin and performed a structural and mutational
analysis to decipher the determinants of the SH3-C binding mode to ubiquitin. We
found that the Phe-to-Tyr mutation in CD2AP and in the homologous CIN85 SH3-C
domain does not abrogate ubiquitin binding, in contrast to previous hypothesis
and our findings for the first two CD2AP SH3 domains. The similar alternative
binding mode of the SH3-C domains of these related adaptor proteins is
characterised by a higher affinity to C-terminal extended ubiquitin molecules.
We conclude that CD2AP/CIN85 SH3-C domain interaction with ubiquitin constitutes
a new ubiquitin-binding mode involved in a different cellular function and thus
changes the previously established mechanism of EGF-dependent CD2AP/CIN85
mono-ubiquitination.