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Analysis of CD36 binding domains: ligand specificity controlled by dephosphorylation of an ectodomain.

The protein CD36 is a membrane receptor for thrombospondin (TSP), malaria-infected erythrocytes, and collagen. Three functional sequences were identified within a single disulfide loop of CD36: one that mediates TSP binding (amino acids 87 to 99) and two that support malarial cytoadhesion (amino acids 8 to 21 and 97 to 110). One of these peptides (p87-99) is a consensus protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation site. Dephosphorylation of constitutively phosphorylated CD36 in resting platelets and a megakaryocytic cell line led to the loss of collagen adhesion and platelet reactivity to collagen, with a reciprocal increase in TSP binding. PKC-mediated phosphorylation of this ectodomain resulted in a loss of TSP binding and the reciprocal acquisition of collagen binding. In site-directed mutagenesis studies, when the threonine phosphorylation site was changed to alanine, CD36 was expressed in a dephosphorylated state and bound to TSP constitutively.[1]

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  1. Analysis of CD36 binding domains: ligand specificity controlled by dephosphorylation of an ectodomain. Asch, A.S., Liu, I., Briccetti, F.M., Barnwell, J.W., Kwakye-Berko, F., Dokun, A., Goldberger, J., Pernambuco, M. Science (1993) [Pubmed]
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