Carboxy terminal region of the Fanconi anemia protein, FANCG/XRCC9, is required for functional activity.
Fanconi anemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive cancer susceptibility syndrome with eight complementation groups. Four of the FA genes have been cloned, and at least three of the encoded proteins, FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG/XRCC9, interact in a nuclear complex, required for the maintenance of normal chromosome stability. In the current ... study, mutant forms of the FANCA and FANCG proteins have been generated and analyzed with respect to protein complex formation, nuclear translocation, and functional activity. The results demonstrate that the amino terminal two-thirds of FANCG (FANCG amino acids 1-428) binds to the amino terminal nuclear localization signal (NLS) of the FANCA protein. On the basis of 2-hybrid analysis, the FANCA/FANCG binding is a direct protein-protein interaction. Interestingly, a truncated mutant form of the FANCG protein, lacking the carboxy terminus, binds in a complex with FANCA and translocates to the nucleus; however, this mutant protein fails to bind to FANCC and fails to correct the mitomycin C sensitivity of an FA-G cell line. Taken together, these results demonstrate that binding of FANCG to the amino terminal FANCA NLS sequence is necessary but not sufficient for the functional activity of FANCG. Additional amino acid sequences at the carboxy terminus of FANCG are required for the binding of FANCC in the complex. (Blood. 2000;96:1625-1632)
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Binding Sites, Binding, Competitive, Biological Transport, COS Cells, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cell Line, Transformed, Cell Nucleus, DNA, Recombinant, DNA-Binding Proteins, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group G Protein, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins, Genetic Complementation Test, Humans, Mutation, Nuclear Localization Signals, Nuclear Proteins, Oligopeptides, Plasmids, Protein Binding, Proteins, Two-Hybrid System Techniques
Animals, Binding Sites, Binding, Competitive, Biological Transport, COS Cells, Cell Cycle Proteins, Cell Line, Transformed, Cell Nucleus, DNA, Recombinant, DNA-Binding Proteins, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group G Protein, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins, Genetic Complementation Test, Humans, Mutation, Nuclear Localization Signals, Nuclear Proteins, Oligopeptides, Plasmids, Protein Binding, Proteins, Two-Hybrid System Techniques
Blood
Date: Sep. 01, 2000
PubMed ID: 10961856
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