title: Protein-protein interactions between human nuclear lamins expressed in yeast.
abstract: Protein-protein interactions between the nuclear lamins are responsible for the assembly of the nuclear lamina, a meshwork of intermediate filaments associated with the nuclear envelope inner membrane. We have used the yeast two-hybrid system to examine the interactions between the predominant human nuclear lamins expressed as GAL4 fusion proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Lamin A, prelamin A, lamin B1, and lamin C were able to form homodimers as well as heterodimers. Analysis of the different structural domains of lamin B1 demonstrated that the second half of coil 2 of the rod domain was necessary for the formation of the most stable homodimers. The results show that the yeast two-hybrid system can be used to study the interactions between structural proteins and their domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Worman
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D034904:Lamin Type A; D034921:Lamin Type B; D034882:Lamins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C052130:GAL4 protein, S cerevisiae; D034904:Lamin Type A; D034921:Lamin Type B; D034882:Lamins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C440308:lamin C; D001616:beta-Galactosidase