Phosphatase Subfamily Tensin

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Phosphatase Classification: Superfamily CC1: Family PTEN: Subfamily Tensin

Tensins are PTEN-related phosphatases involved in integrin signaling.

Evolution

Tensins are found throughout holozoa. The domain combination is under dramatic changes during evolution. Drosophilids have a truncated ortholog (blistery) which lacks the phosphatase domain, though the full-length form is seen in mosquitoes. One of the four human members, TNS4, is also truncated.

Domain Structure

Tensins are long proteins, with an N-terminal phosphatase domain followed immediately by a PTEN_C2 domain, which acts as a lipid-binding domain. They have a poorly conserved middle region, SH2 and usually PTB domains at the C-terminus. Many Tensins also have an N-terminal C1 domain. Humans also have a homologous TNS4 protein which is N-terminally truncated and has lost the phosphatase domain. The phosphatase domain is quite divergent and often can not be picked by Pfam or SMART.

TNS1 and TNS2 are predicted to be catalytically inactive, given the arginine residue is replaced by asparagine and lysine at CX5R motif, respectively, though catalytic activity of TNS2 has been reported. These may function as binding domains for phosphatidyl inositols. The single orthologs in most invertebrates are predicted to be catalytically active.

The functions of the phosphatase domain are not well understood:

  • TNS1. The phosphatase domain can bind to PPP1CA in focal adhesions [1].
  • TNS2. TNS2 induced in vivo dephosporylation of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate, though the activity could not be replicated in vitro [2]. Another report [3] showed TNS2 protein tyrosine phosphatase activity on IRS-1.

Functions

Tensins are localized to integrin-mediated focal adhesions. The PTB domain binds to the cytoplasmic region of integrins, and N-terminal regions bind actin. The SH2 domain interacts with a variety of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, including PI3K, FAK, and p130Cas. Several tensins are linked to cell migration and metastasis suppression and to signaling downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases.

References

  1. Eto M, Kirkbride J, Elliott E, Lo SH, and Brautigan DL. Association of the tensin N-terminal protein-tyrosine phosphatase domain with the alpha isoform of protein phosphatase-1 in focal adhesions. J Biol Chem. 2007 Jun 15;282(24):17806-15. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M700944200 | PubMed ID:17435217 | HubMed [Eto07]
  2. Hafizi S, Gustafsson A, Oslakovic C, Idevall-Hagren O, Tengholm A, Sperandio O, Villoutreix BO, and Dahlbäck B. Tensin2 reduces intracellular phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate levels at the plasma membrane. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Aug 27;399(3):396-401. DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.07.085 | PubMed ID:20678486 | HubMed [Hafizi]
  3. Koh A, Lee MN, Yang YR, Jeong H, Ghim J, Noh J, Kim J, Ryu D, Park S, Song P, Koo SH, Leslie NR, Berggren PO, Choi JH, Suh PG, and Ryu SH. C1-Ten is a protein tyrosine phosphatase of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1), regulating IRS-1 stability and muscle atrophy. Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Apr;33(8):1608-20. DOI:10.1128/MCB.01447-12 | PubMed ID:23401856 | HubMed [Koh]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed | HubMed