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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 266, Issue 16, 10073-10077, Jun, 1991

Identification of three amino acids in the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) B-chain that are important for binding to the PDGF beta- receptor

A Ostman, M Andersson, U Hellman and CH Heldin
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden.

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a disulfide-linked dimeric protein composed of two homologous polypeptide chains denoted A and B. Two types of PDGF receptors, alpha and beta, have been characterized. Whereas PDGF-AA binds only to PDGF alpha-receptors, PDGF-BB binds to both receptor types with high affinity. To map the regions of the PDGF B-chain that confer its ability to bind with high affinity to the PDGF beta-receptor, we expressed PDGF A/B-chain chimeras in COS cells and analyzed them with regard to PDGF alpha- and beta-receptor binding. A systematic analysis revealed that replacement of Asn-115, Arg-154, and Ile-158 of the PDGF B-chain with the corresponding A-chain amino acids led to a dramatic decrease in the affinity for the beta-receptor. Conversely, introduction of B-chain amino acids into the A-chain in the region spanning from Asn-115 to Ile-158 yielded a product with high affinity for the beta-receptor. These data thus indicate that Asn-115, Arg-154, and Ile-158 are likely to be part of the active site of the PDGF B-chain.
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