title: Identification and characterization of a molecule, BAM11, that associates with the pleckstrin homology domain of mouse Btk.
abstract: Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) is required for normal B cell development and signal transduction through cell surface molecules, and its defects lead to X-linked immune deficiency in mice and X-linked agammaglobulinemia in humans. In this report, we will describe the identification and characterization of a molecule, BAM11, which binds to the pleckstrin homology domain of Btk. A sequence homology search revealed that BAM11 has 89% homology, at the amino acid level, to human LTG19/ENL, that was originally identified as one of the fusion partners involved in chromosomal translocations of 11q23, MLL/ALL-1/HRX, in leukemia cells. Deletion mutants demonstrated that the region of BAM11 required for binding to Btk was localized between amino acid residues 240 and 256. Forced expression of a truncated form of BAM11 (amino acids 246-368) inhibited IL-5-induced proliferation by 50%, whereas forced expression of full-length BAM11 in Y16 cells did not affect the IL-5 responsiveness. We have also shown that BAM11 (amino acids 246-368) inhibited the kinase activity of Btk. These results suggest that the binding of BAM11 to Btk plays a regulatory role in the Btk signal transduction pathway. A cell fractionation study and analysis using EGFP-fused Btk protein demonstrated that a proportion of Btk is present within the nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takatsu
mesh_terms: D000077329:Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015848:Interleukin-5; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C039077:platelet protein P47; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000077329:Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase; C000625949:BTK protein, human; C000625951:Btk protein, mouse