title: Identification of a 14-3-3 protein from Lentinus edodes that interacts with CAP (adenylyl cyclase-associated protein), and conservation of this interaction in fission yeast.
abstract: We previously identified a gene encoding a CAP (adenylyl cyclase-associated protein) homologue from the edible Basidiomycete Lentinus edodes. To further discover the cellular functions of the CAP protein, we searched for CAP-interacting proteins using a yeast two-hybrid system. Among the candidates thus obtained, many clones encoded the C-terminal half of an L. edodes 14-3-3 homologue (designated cip3). Southern blot analysis indicated that L. edodes contains only one 14-3-3 gene. Overexpression of the L. edodes 14-3-3 protein in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad24 null cells complemented the loss of endogenous 14-3-3 protein functions in cell morphology and UV sensitivity, suggesting functional conservation of 14-3-3 proteins between L. edodes and S. pombe. The interaction between L. edodes CAP and 14-3-3 protein was restricted to the N-terminal domain of CAP and was confirmed by in vitro co-precipitation. Results from both the two-hybrid system and in vivo co-precipitation experiments showed the conservation of this interaction in S. pombe. The observation that a 14-3-3 protein interacts with the N-terminal portion of CAP but not with full-length CAP in L. edodes and S. pombe suggests that the C-terminal region of CAP may have a negative effect on the interaction between CAP and 14-3-3 proteins, and 14-3-3 proteins may play a role in regulation of CAP function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozoe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamukai
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D020942:Shiitake Mushrooms / Q000737:chemistry*; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; C410502:Capt protein, Drosophila; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases