title: The mammalian calcium-binding protein, nucleobindin (CALNUC), is a Golgi resident protein.
abstract: We have identified CALNUC, an EF-hand, Ca2+-binding protein, as a Golgi resident protein. CALNUC corresponds to a previously identified EF-hand/calcium-binding protein known as nucleobindin. CALNUC interacts with Galphai3 subunits in the yeast two-hybrid system and in GST-CALNUC pull-down assays. Analysis of deletion mutants demonstrated that the EF-hand and intervening acidic regions are the site of CALNUC's interaction with Galphai3. CALNUC is found in both cytosolic and membrane fractions. The membrane pool is tightly associated with the luminal surface of Golgi membranes. CALNUC is widely expressed, as it is detected by immunofluorescence in the Golgi region of all tissues and cell lines examined. By immunoelectron microscopy, CALNUC is localized to cis-Golgi cisternae and the cis-Golgi network (CGN). CALNUC is the major Ca2+-binding protein detected by 45Ca2+-binding assay on Golgi fractions. The properties of CALNUC and its high homology to calreticulin suggest that it may play a key role in calcium homeostasis in the CGN and cis-Golgi cisternae.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0651, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le-Niculescu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hofmeister
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McCaffery
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hennemann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McQuistan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Vries
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Farquhar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D037282:Calreticulin; D002417:Cattle; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000378:metabolism; D019205:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs / Q000378:metabolism; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000080866:Nucleobindins; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D037282:Calreticulin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006133:Growth Substances; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D000080866:Nucleobindins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go; D019205:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs