title: Cloning and characterization of BAI-associated protein 1: a PDZ domain-containing protein that interacts with BAI1.
abstract: Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1 (BAI1), which is a p53-target gene specifically expressed in brain, encodes a seven-span transmembrane protein. Using a two-hybrid system, we isolated a cDNA that encodes a protein, named BAP1 (BAI1-associated protein), which interacts with the cytoplasmic region of BAI1. BAP1 is a novel member of the MAGUK (membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologue) family; it possesses a guanylate kinase domain, WW domains, and multiple PDZ domains. Interaction between BAI1 and BAP1 was mediated by a QTEV motif in the carboxy-terminal region of BAI1 and PDZ domains of BAP1. By immunocytochemical analysis of COS-7 cells transfected with BAI1 and BAP1, both products were co-localized at the cytoplasmic membrane, especially at cell-cell junctions. Cells transfected with BAI1 formed filopodia-like cytoplasmic extensions. These results suggest that BAI1 and BAP1 might be involved in cell adhesion and signal transduction in brain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiratsuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Futamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokino
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D019556:COS Cells; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000737:chemistry*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D051528:Guanylate Kinases; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C092747:cno protein, Drosophila; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase; D051528:Guanylate Kinases; C113338:MAGI1 protein, human