title: Identification of a clathrin binding subunit in the HA2 adaptor protein complex.
abstract: The HA2 adaptor complex, comprising alpha-, beta-, 50-kDa, and 16-kDa subunits, was partially dissociated into its constituents with 3 M urea, and the beta-subunit was purified from the mixture by hydroxylapatite and affinity chromatography. The renatured beta-subunit behaves hydrodynamically as a single polypeptide of Mr approximately 128,000. In a sedimentation assay the purified beta-polypeptide co-sediments with pre-formed clathrin cages. The beta-polypeptide, however, will not induce assembly of clathrin triskelia. Our results support the conjecture that the beta-type subunits (beta and beta') of the HA2 and HA2 adaptor complexes serve to attach the HA-2 adaptor complex to clathrin (Ahle, S., Mann, A., Eichelsbacher, U., and Ungewickell, E. (1988) EMBO J. 7, 919-929), while the other subunits may determine the specificity of binding to docking proteins and receptors on cytoplasmic membrane surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried bei München, West Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ungewickell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002845:Chromatography; D002966:Clathrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003034:Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D017886:Durapatite; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002966:Clathrin; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D017886:Durapatite