title: Identification, sequence, and expression of caveolin-2 defines a caveolin gene family.
abstract: Caveolin, a 21- to 24-kDa integral membrane protein, is a principal component of caveolae membranes. Caveolin interacts directly with heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins) and can functionally regulate their activity. Here, an approximately 20-kDa caveolin-related protein, caveolin-2, was identified through microsequencing of adipocyte-derived caveolin-enriched membranes; caveolin was retermed caveolin-1. Caveolins 1 and 2 are similar in most respects. mRNAs for both caveolin-1 and caveolin-2 are most abundantly expressed in white adipose tissue and are induced during adipocyte differentiation. Caveolin-2 colocalizes with caveolin-1, indicating that caveolin-2 also localizes to caveolae. However, caveolin-1 and caveolin-2 differ in their functional interactions with heterotrimeric G proteins, possibly explaining why caveolin-1 and -2 are coexpressed within a single cell.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142-1479, USA.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Lodish
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lisanti
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins; D002645:Chickens; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: C495540:CAV1 protein, human; C495541:Cav1 protein, mouse; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins