STAM proteins bind ubiquitinated proteins on the early endosome via the VHS domain and ubiquitin-interacting motif.

Conjugation with ubiquitin acts as a sorting signal for proteins in the endocytic and biosynthetic pathways at the endosome. Signal-transducing adaptor molecule (STAM) proteins, STAM1 and STAM2, are associated with hepatocyte growth factor-regulated substrate (Hrs) but their function remains unknown. Herein, we show that STAM proteins bind ubiquitin and ubiquitinated ...
proteins and that the tandemly located VHS (Vps27/Hrs/STAM) domain and ubiquitin-interacting motif serve as the binding site(s). STAM proteins colocalize with Hrs on the early endosome. Overexpression of STAM proteins, but not their mutants lacking the ubiquitin-binding activity, causes the accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins and ligand-activated epidermal growth factor receptor on the early endosome. These results suggest that through interaction with ubiquitinated cargo proteins on the early endosome via the VHS domain and ubiquitin-interacting motif, STAM proteins participate in the sorting of cargo proteins for trafficking to the lysosome.
Mesh Terms:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Animals, COS Cells, Cercopithecus aethiops, Endocytosis, Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport, Endosomes, Hela Cells, Humans, Phosphoproteins, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Transport, Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, Ubiquitin
Mol. Biol. Cell
Date: Sep. 01, 2003
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