title: Binding specificity and in vivo targets of the EH domain, a novel protein-protein interaction module.
abstract: EH is a recently identified protein-protein interaction domain found in the signal transducers Eps15 and Eps15R and several other proteins of yeast nematode. We show that EH domains from Eps15 and Eps15R bind in vitro to peptides containing an asparagine-proline-phenylalanine (NPF) motif. Direct screening of expression libraries with EH domains yielded a number of putative EH interactors, all of which possessed NPF motifs that were shown to be responsible for the interaction. Among these interactors were the human homolog of NUMB, a developmentally reguated gene of Drosophila, and RAB, the cellular cofactor of the HIV REV protein. We demonstrated coimmunoprecipitation of Eps15 with NUMB and RAB. Finally, in vitro binding of NPF-containing peptides to cellular proteins and EST database screening established the existence of a family of EH-containing proteins in mammals. Based on the characteristics of EH-containing and EH-binding proteins, we propose that EH domains are involved in processes connected with the transport and sorting of molecules within the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Salcini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Confalonieri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doria
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santolini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tassi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Minenkova
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cesareni
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pelicci
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Di Fiore
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D016370:Gene Products, rex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D028861:Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C119724:AGFG1 protein, human; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C486204:EPN2 protein, human; C486206:EPS15 protein, human; C094318:Eps15-rs protein, mouse; D016370:Gene Products, rex; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D028861:Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C060606:numb protein, Drosophila