YXXL motifs in SH2-Bbeta are phosphorylated by JAK2, JAK1, and platelet-derived growth factor receptor and are required for membrane ruffling.

SH2-Bbeta binds to the activated form of JAK2 and various receptor tyrosine kinases. It is a potent stimulator of JAK2, is required for growth hormone (GH)-induced membrane ruffling, and increases mitogenesis stimulated by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and insulin-like growth factor I. Its domain structure suggests that SH2-Bbeta may act as an adapter protein to recruit downstream signaling proteins to kinase.SH2-Bbeta complexes. SH2-Bbeta is tyrosyl-phosphorylated in response to GH and interferon-gamma, stimulators of JAK2, as well as in response to PDGF and nerve growth factor. To begin to elucidate the role of tyrosyl phosphorylation in the function of SH2-Bbeta, we used phosphopeptide mapping, mutagenesis, and a phosphotyrosine-specific antibody to identify Tyr-439 and Tyr-494 in SH2-Bbeta as targets of JAK2 both in vitro and in intact cells. SH2-Bbeta lacking Tyr-439 and Tyr-494 inhibits GH-induced membrane ruffling but still activates JAK2. We provide evidence that JAK1, like JAK2, phosphorylates Tyr-439 and Tyr-494 in SH2-Bbeta and that PDGF receptor phosphorylates SH2-Bbeta on Tyr-439. Therefore, phosphorylated Tyr-439 and/or Tyr-494 in SH2-Bbeta may provide a binding site for one or more proteins linking cytokine receptor.JAK2 complexes and/or receptor tyrosine kinases to the actin cytoskeleton.