The Fe65 adaptor protein interacts through its PID1 domain with the transcription factor CP2/LSF/LBP1.

The neural protein Fe65 possesses three putative protein-protein interaction domains: one WW domain and two phosphotyrosine interaction/phosphotyrosine binding domains (PID1 and PID2); the most C-terminal of these domains (PID2) interacts in vivo with the Alzheimer's beta-amyloid precursor protein, whereas the WW domain binds to Mena, the mammalian homolog of Drosophila-enabled ...
protein. By the interaction trap procedure, we isolated a cDNA clone encoding a possible ligand of the N-terminal PID/PTB domain of Fe65 (PID1). Sequence analysis of this clone revealed that this ligand corresponded to the previously identified transcription factor CP2/LSF/LBP1. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that the interaction between Fe65 and CP2/LSF/LBP1 also takes place in vivo between the native molecules. The localization of both proteins was studied using fractionated cellular extracts. These experiments demonstrated that the various isoforms of CP2/LSF/LBP1 are differently distributed among subcellular fractions. At least one isoform, derived from alternative splicing (LSF-ID), is present outside the nucleus; Fe65 was found in both fractions. Furthermore, transfection experiments with an HA-tagged CP2/LSF/LBP1 cDNA demonstrated that Fe65 interacts also with the nuclear form of CP2/LSF/LBP1. Considering that the analysis of Fe65 distribution in fractionated cell extracts demonstrated that this protein is present both in nuclear and non-nuclear fractions, we examined the expression of Fe65 deletion mutants in the two fractions. This analysis allowed us to observe that a small region N-terminal to the WW domain is phosphorylated and is necessary for the presence of Fe65 in the nuclear fraction.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Carrier Proteins, Cell Fractionation, Cell Line, Cloning, Molecular, Cytoskeletal Proteins, DNA-Binding Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Phosphorylation, RNA-Binding Proteins, Rats, Recombinant Proteins, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Deletion, Transcription Factors, Transfection
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Aug. 07, 1998
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