Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) transduce a variety of biological signals via four distinct tyrosine kinase receptors. We have characterized the phosphorylation of FGF receptor 4 (FGFR-4) and its association with a putative substrate, p85, using transfected L6 myoblast and NIH3T3 fibroblast cell lines. FGFR-4 was phosphorylated in vivo and in vitro mainly on serine and threonine residues in several peptides and to a lower degree on tyrosine residues. When analyzed further by in-gel kinase assay, immunoprecipitates of ligand-activated FGFR-4 contained a serine autophosphorylated polypeptide doublet of 85 kDa. Analysis of the major autophosphorylation site Y754F mutant of FGFR-4 showed that binding of p85 and its serine phosphorylation were independent of receptor autophosphorylation at this site. Okadaic acid treatment increased the basal autophosphorylation activity of p85 but decreased FGFR-4 tyrosine phosphorylation. In contrast, orthovanadate treatment increased the tyrosine phosphorylation of FGFR-4. These data show that a serine kinase is associated with activated FGFR-4 and suggest a role for serine phosphorylation in FGFR-4 function.

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