Abstract
TIP-15 was previously identified as a cellular protein that can bind to the C-terminal end of the HTLV-1 Tax protein via its two PDZ domains. The sequence of the N-terminal part of TIP-15 is identical to that of the synaptic protein PSD-95. Both proteins are likely to be produced from the same gene by alternative splicing. Whereas expression of the PSD-95 mRNA was detected only with brain RNAs, that of TIP-15 was detected with RNAs from thymus, brain, skeletal muscle and Jurkat cells. The TIP-15 protein exhibits an apparent molecular weight of 40 kD and is weakly expressed in T cell lines. A two-hybrid screen performed with TIP-15 as bait revealed the presence of a PDZ binding site (PDZ-BS) in the following proteins: Lysyl tRNA synthetase, 6-phosphogluconolactonase (6-GPL), Stress-activated protein kinase 3 (SAPK3), NET-1, Diacylglycerol kinase zeta, MTMR1, MCM7, and hSec8. The sequence at the C-terminal ends of these proteins matches the X-S/T-X-V-COOH consensus previously defined for PDZ-BSs, with the exception of 6-GPL and SAPK3 which include a leucine as the C-terminal residue. For Lysyl tRNA synthetase, NET1, MTMR1 and hSec8, binding to TIP-15 was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation experiments performed with the extracts of transfected COS7 cells. These results show the existence of functional PDZ-BSs in these proteins, but future studies will be necessary to establish whether or not TIP-15 represents a physiological partner. The significance of the presence of a PDZ-BS in these various proteins is discussed with respect to their function.
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Fabre, S., Reynaud, C. & Jalinot, P. Identification of functional PDZ domain binding sites in several human proteins. Mol Biol Rep 27, 217–224 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011008313677
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