title: Interaction of protein kinase C zeta with ZIP, a novel protein kinase C-binding protein.
abstract: The atypical protein kinase C (PKC) member PKC-zeta has been implicated in several signal transduction pathways regulating differentiation, proliferation or apoptosis of mammalian cells. We report here the identification of a cytoplasmic and membrane-associated protein that we name zeta-interacting protein (ZIP) and that interacts with the regulatory domain of PKC-zeta but not classic PKCs. The structural motifs in ZIP include a recently defined ZZ zinc finger as a potential protein binding module, two PEST sequences and a novel putative protein binding motif with the consensus sequence YXDEDX5SDEE/D. ZIP binds to the pseudosubstrate region in the regulatory domain of PKC-zeta and is phosphorylated by PKC-zeta in vitro. ZIP dimerizes via the same region that promotes binding to PKC-zeta suggesting a competitive situation between ZIP:ZIP and ZIP:PKC-zeta complexes. In the absence of PKC-zeta proper subcellular localization of ZIP is impaired and we show that intracellular targeting of ZIP is dependent on a balanced interaction with PKC-zeta. Taking into account the recent isolation of ZIP by others in different contexts we propose that ZIP may function as a scaffold protein linking PKC-zeta to protein tyrosine kinases and cytokine receptors.
authors.affiliation: Max-Delbrück-Laboratorium in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puls
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grawe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stabel
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D000071456:Sequestosome-1 Protein; D014162:Transfection; D016335:Zinc Fingers; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta
chemical_list: D000409:Alanine; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000071456:Sequestosome-1 Protein; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta; C491079:Sqstm1 protein, rat