title: Subcellular localization and protein interaction of the human LIMK2 gene expressing alternative transcripts with tissue-specific regulation.
abstract: In our efforts to explore possible roles of proteins with a LIM domain, which is a cysteine-rich Zinc-binding motif, in differentiation and oncogenesis in the lung, we have cloned a human LIMK2 gene and identified two alternative transcripts, LIMK2a and LIMK2b, which are probably due to variation in transcriptional initiation. The former encodes a protein containing two LIM domains, a PDZ domain, and a kinase domain, while the latter has only one and half LIM domains. The predominance of the two transcripts appears to be regulated in a tissue-specific manner. Alteration of the regulation is also observed in some cancer cell lines. Transfection studies have shown an association of 63-kDa and 58-kDa proteins with the LIMK2a and LIMK2b protein; the former is distributed in the cytoplasm and nucleus and the latter occurs mainly in the cytoplasm and is scarcely translocated to the nucleus. In contrast, a truncated LIMK2-Kinase has a nuclear location, not showing the protein association.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ultrastructure Research, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasada
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inazawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D054461:Lim Kinases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C102895:LIMK2 protein, human; D054461:Lim Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases