title: Identification and cloning of centaurin-alpha. A novel phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate-binding protein from rat brain.
abstract: Using an affinity resin and photoaffinity label based on phospholipid analogs of inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (InsP4), we have isolated, characterized, and cloned a 46-kDa protein from rat brain, which we have named centaurin-alpha. Binding specificity was determined using displacement of 1-O-[3H](3-[4-benzoyldihydrocinnamidyl]propyl)-InsP4 photoaffinity labeling. Centaurin-alpha displayed highest affinity for phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PtdInsP3) (IC50 = 120 nM), whereas InsP4, PtdInsP2, and InsP3 bound with 5-, 12-, and >50-fold lower affinity, respectively. Screening a rat brain cDNA library with a polymerase chain reaction product, generated using partial amino acid sequence from tryptic peptides, yielded a full-length clone. The 2,450-base pair cDNA contained an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a novel protein of 419 amino acids. Northern analysis revealed a 2.5-kilobase transcript that is highly expressed in brain. The deduced sequence contains a novel putative zinc finger motif, 10 ankyrin-like repeats, and shows homology to recently identified yeast and mammalian Arf GTPase-activating proteins. Given the specificity of binding and enrichment in brain, centaurin-alpha is a candidate PtdInsP3 receptor that may link the activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase to downstream responses in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Neurobiology Research Center and the Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0021, USA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Hammonds-Odie
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Profit
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Blader
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Turck
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Prestwich
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Theibert
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017487:Ankyrins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C100956:ADAP1 protein, human; C491062:Adap1 protein, rat; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017487:Ankyrins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C060974:phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate