Polyglutamine tract-binding protein-1 binds to U5-15kD via a continuous 23-residue segment of the C-terminal domain

Masaki Takahashi, Mineyuki Mizuguchi*, Hiroyuki Shinoda, Tomoyasu Aizawa, Makoto Demura, Hitoshi Okazawa, Keiichi Kawano

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Abstract

Polyglutamine tract-binding protein-1 (PQBP-1) is a nuclear protein that interacts with various proteins, including RNA polymerase II and the spliceosomal protein U5-15kD. PQBP-1 is known to be associated with X-linked mental retardation in which a frameshift mutation in the PQBP-1 gene occurs. In the present study, we demonstrate that PQBP-1 binds to U5-15kD via a continuous 23-residue segment within its C-terminal domain. Intriguingly, this segment is lost in the frameshift mutants of PQBP-1 associated with X-linked mental retardation. These findings suggest that the frameshift mutations in the PQBP-1 gene lead to expression of mutants lacking the ability to interact with U5-15kD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1500-1507
Number of pages8
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics
Volume1804
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010/07

Keywords

  • PQBP-1
  • Polyglutamine
  • Protein structure
  • U5-15kD
  • Unstructured protein

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

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