title: Interaction of human Ku70 with TRF2.
abstract: Ku, a heterodimer of 70- and 80-kDa subunits, plays a general role in the metabolism of DNA ends in eukaryotic cells, including double-strand DNA break repair, V(D)J recombination, and maintenance of telomeres. We have utilized the yeast two-hybrid system to identify Ku70-interacting proteins other than Ku80. Two reactive clones were found to encode the dimerization domain of TRF2, a mammalian telomeric protein that binds to duplex TTAGGG repeats at chromosome ends. This interaction was confirmed using bacterial fusion proteins and co-immunoprecipitations from eukaryotic cells overexpressing TRF2. The transfected TFR2 colocalized with Ku70.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019281:Dimerization; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D000072200:Ku Autoantigen; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D035341:Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 2; D014162:Transfection; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D035341:Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 2; C081647:high affinity DNA-binding factor, S cerevisiae; D004265:DNA Helicases; C106893:XRCC5 protein, human; C000606509:Xrcc6 protein, human; D000072200:Ku Autoantigen