0 5 Grf40 Grf40 NNP 5 6 , , , 7 8 A a DT 9 14 novel novel JJ 15 19 Grb2 grb2 NN 20 26 family family NN 27 33 member member NN 33 34 , , , 35 37 is be VBZ 38 46 involved involve VBN 47 49 in in IN 50 51 T t NN 52 56 cell cell NN 57 66 signaling signaling NN 67 74 through through IN 75 86 interaction interaction NN 87 91 with with IN 92 98 SLP-76 SLP-76 NNP 99 102 and and CC 103 106 LAT LAT NNP 106 107 . . . 109 111 We we PRP 112 123 molecularly molecularly RB 124 130 cloned clone VBD 131 132 a a DT 133 136 new new JJ 137 141 Grb2 grb2 NN 142 148 family family NN 149 155 member member NN 155 156 , , , 157 162 named name VBN 163 168 Grf40 grf40 NN 168 169 , , , 170 180 containing contain VBG 181 184 the the DT 185 191 common common JJ 192 203 SH3-SH2-SH3 sh3-sh2-sh3 NN 204 209 motif motif NN 209 210 . . . 211 221 Expression expression NN 222 224 of of IN 225 230 Grf40 Grf40 NNP 231 233 is be VBZ 234 245 predominant predominant JJ 246 248 in in IN 249 262 hematopoietic hematopoietic JJ 263 268 cells cell NNS 268 269 , , , 270 282 particularly particularly RB 283 284 T t NN 285 290 cells cell NNS 290 291 . . . 292 297 Grf40 Grf40 NNP 298 303 binds bind VBZ 304 306 to to TO 307 310 the the DT 311 314 SH2 sh2 NN 315 332 domain-containing domain-containing JJ 333 342 leukocyte leukocyte NN 343 350 protein protein NN 351 353 of of IN 354 356 76 76 CD 357 359 kD kd NN 360 361 ( ( ( 361 367 SLP-76 SLP-76 NNP 367 368 ) ) ) 369 372 via via IN 373 376 its its PRP$ 377 380 SH3 sh3 NN 381 387 domain domain NN 388 392 more more RBR 393 400 tightly tightly RB 401 405 than than IN 406 410 Grb2 grb2 NN 410 411 . . . 412 424 Incidentally incidentally RB 424 425 , , , 426 431 Grf40 Grf40 NNP 432 437 binds bind VBZ 438 440 to to TO 441 447 linker linker NN 448 451 for for IN 452 462 activation activation NN 463 465 of of IN 466 467 T t NN 468 473 cells cell NNS 474 475 ( ( ( 475 478 LAT LAT NNP 478 479 ) ) ) 480 488 possibly possibly RB 489 492 via via IN 493 496 its its PRP$ 497 500 SH2 sh2 NN 501 507 domain domain NN 507 508 . . . 509 523 Overexpression overexpression NN 524 526 of of IN 527 536 wild-type wild-type JJ 537 542 Grf40 grf40 NN 543 545 in in IN 546 552 Jurkat Jurkat NNP 553 558 cells cell NNS 559 566 induced induce VBD 567 568 a a DT 569 580 significant significant JJ 581 589 increase increase NN 590 592 of of IN 593 609 SLP-76-dependent slp-76-dependent JJ 610 621 interleukin interleukin NN 622 623 ( ( ( 623 628 IL)-2 il)-2 NN 629 637 promoter promoter NN 638 641 and and CC 642 649 nuclear nuclear JJ 650 656 factor factor NN 657 659 of of IN 660 669 activated activate VBN 670 671 T t NN 672 676 cell cell NN 677 678 ( ( ( 678 683 NF-AT NF-AT NNP 683 684 ) ) ) 685 695 activation activation NN 696 700 upon upon IN 701 702 T t NN 703 707 cell cell NN 708 716 receptor receptor NN 717 718 ( ( ( 718 721 TCR TCR NNP 721 722 ) ) ) 723 734 stimulation stimulation NN 734 735 , , , 736 743 whereas whereas IN 744 747 the the DT 748 761 COOH-terminal cooh-terminal JJ 762 773 SH3-deleted sh3-deleted JJ 774 779 Grf40 Grf40 NNP 780 786 mutant mutant NN 787 793 lacked lack VBD 794 797 any any DT 798 810 recognizable recognizable JJ 811 819 increase increase NN 820 822 in in IN 823 827 IL-2 il-2 NN 828 836 promoter promoter NN 837 845 activity activity NN 845 846 . . . 847 858 Furthermore furthermore RB 858 859 , , , 860 863 the the DT 864 875 SH2-deleted sh2-deleted JJ 876 881 Grf40 grf40 NN 882 888 mutant mutant NN 889 892 led lead VBD 893 895 to to TO 896 897 a a DT 898 904 marked marked JJ 905 915 inhibition inhibition NN 916 918 of of IN 919 924 these these DT 925 935 regulatory regulatory JJ 936 946 activities activity NNS 946 947 , , , 948 951 the the DT 952 958 effect effect NN 959 961 of of IN 962 967 which which WDT 968 970 is be VBZ 971 981 apparently apparently RB 982 990 stronger strong JJR 991 995 than than IN 996 1000 that that DT 1001 1003 of of IN 1004 1007 the the DT 1008 1019 SH2-deleted sh2-deleted JJ 1020 1024 Grb2 grb2 NN 1025 1031 mutant mutant NN 1031 1032 . . . 1033 1036 Our our PRP$ 1037 1041 data datum NNS 1042 1049 suggest suggest VBP 1050 1054 that that IN 1055 1060 Grf40 grf40 NN 1061 1063 is be VBZ 1064 1066 an an DT 1067 1074 adaptor adaptor NN 1075 1083 molecule molecule NN 1084 1092 involved involve VBN 1093 1095 in in IN 1096 1108 TCR-mediated tcr-mediated JJ 1109 1118 signaling signaling NN 1119 1126 through through IN 1127 1128 a a DT 1129 1133 more more RBR 1134 1143 efficient efficient JJ 1144 1155 interaction interaction NN 1156 1160 than than IN 1161 1165 Grb2 grb2 NN 1166 1170 with with IN 1171 1177 SLP-76 SLP-76 NNP 1178 1181 and and CC 1182 1185 LAT LAT NNP 1185 1186 . . .