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Preferred Name

Phosphorylated STAT5a/b form dimers
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Reviewed: Dooms, H, 2011-03-17 Reviewed: Villarino, A, 2011-02-11 Authored: Ray, KP, 2010-05-17 Edited: Jupe, S, 2010-08-06 has a Stoichiometric coefficient of 3 The STAT5a and STAT5b forms are encoded by 2 closely-related genes. They are thought to be present largely as monomers in unstimulated cells but rapidly form homo- and hetero-dimers upon stimulation (Cella et al. 1998). Tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT monomers allows dimers to form through reciprocal phosphotyrosine-SH2 interactions. The dimers translocate to the nucleus and bind to STAT-specific DNA-response elements of target genes to induce gene transcription (Baker et al.2007). STAT5a/b homo- and hetero-tetramers have also been shown to occur downstream of IL-2 and may have a distinct or expanded target repertoire from STAT5a/b dimers. Although STAT5a and STAT5b are highly homologous at the DNA and protein levels, each has unique funcions, as demonstrated by studies comparing mice lacking one isoform or the other. However, it is also known that STAT5a and STAT5b share a number of functions and that the phenotype of mice lacking both STAT5a and STAT5b is more severe than those lacking either one individually, which suggest that there may be some redundancy or that they cooperate in order to achieve the full spectrum of STAT5-dependent activities (Moriggl et al. 1999, Teglund et al. 1998).

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HINO_0007424

comment

Reviewed: Dooms, H, 2011-03-17

Reviewed: Villarino, A, 2011-02-11

Authored: Ray, KP, 2010-05-17

Edited: Jupe, S, 2010-08-06

has a Stoichiometric coefficient of 3

The STAT5a and STAT5b forms are encoded by 2 closely-related genes. They are thought to be present largely as monomers in unstimulated cells but rapidly form homo- and hetero-dimers upon stimulation (Cella et al. 1998). Tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT monomers allows dimers to form through reciprocal phosphotyrosine-SH2 interactions. The dimers translocate to the nucleus and bind to STAT-specific DNA-response elements of target genes to induce gene transcription (Baker et al.2007). STAT5a/b homo- and hetero-tetramers have also been shown to occur downstream of IL-2 and may have a distinct or expanded target repertoire from STAT5a/b dimers. Although STAT5a and STAT5b are highly homologous at the DNA and protein levels, each has unique funcions, as demonstrated by studies comparing mice lacking one isoform or the other. However, it is also known that STAT5a and STAT5b share a number of functions and that the phenotype of mice lacking both STAT5a and STAT5b is more severe than those lacking either one individually, which suggest that there may be some redundancy or that they cooperate in order to achieve the full spectrum of STAT5-dependent activities (Moriggl et al. 1999, Teglund et al. 1998).

definition source

Pubmed9630227

Reactome, http://www.reactome.org

Pubmed9528750

Pubmed10485657

Pubmed7796299

Pubmed17934481

Pubmed10851055

Pubmed9398404

Pubmed8702919

has input

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HINO_0026120

has output

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HINO_0026326

label

Phosphorylated STAT5a/b form dimers

prefixIRI

HINO:0007424

prefLabel

Phosphorylated STAT5a/b form dimers

seeAlso

ReactomeREACT_23827

Reactome Database ID Release 43452102

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/INO_0000040

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