title: Specific interaction of the 70-kDa heat shock cognate protein with the tetratricopeptide repeats.
abstract: Using a yeast two-hybrid system with the 70-kDa heat shock cognate protein (hsc70) or its C-terminal 30-kDa domain as baits, we isolated several proteins interacting with hsc70, including Hip/p48 and p60/Hop. Both are known to interact with hsc70. Except for Hip/p48, all of the proteins that we isolated interact with the 30-kDa domain. Moreover, the EEVD motif at the C terminus of the 30-kDa domain appears essential for this interaction. Sequence analysis of these hsc70-interacting proteins reveals that they all contain tetratricopeptide repeats. Using deletion mutants of these proteins, we demonstrated either by two-hybrid or in vitro binding assays that the tetratricopeptide repeat domains in these proteins are necessary and sufficient for mediating the interaction with hsc70.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics; D050883:HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006801:Humans; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050883:HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; C494371:HSPA8 protein, human; C105426:Hip chaperone; C494373:Hspa8 protein, rat; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D011506:Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C114575:SGTA protein, human; C512694:Sgta protein, rat; D005982:Glutathione Transferase