title: Identification of a brain-specific APC homologue, APCL, and its interaction with beta-catenin.
abstract: We isolated a novel gene, APCL, that showed significant homology to the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor gene. This novel gene, located on chromosome 19p13.3, encodes a protein of 2303 amino acids that is expressed specifically in the brain. The predicted protein of APCL contains five copies of a 20-amino-acid motif (FXVEXTPXCFSRXSSLSSLS). Like APC, this domain of APCL was able to bind to beta-catenin and deplete the intracellular beta-catenin pool. A reporter-gene assay revealed that APCL could also regulate interaction of beta-catenin with T cell-specific transcription factor, although less actively than APC. These results suggest that the APCL protein may be involved in the Wnt/Wingless signal pathway, and the identification of a novel relative of APC may provide new insights into the function of APC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Osaka University Medical School, Suita City, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monden
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 / Q000235:genetics*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017491:Genes, APC / Q000235:genetics*; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D051176:beta Catenin
chemical_list: C115681:APC2 protein, human; C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051176:beta Catenin