title: Specific interactions among transmembrane 4 superfamily (TM4SF) proteins and phosphoinositide 4-kinase.
abstract: In earlier work we established that phosphoinositide 4-kinase (PI 4-kinase) may associate with transmembrane 4 superfamily (TM4SF, tetraspanin) proteins, but critical specificity issues were not addressed. Here we demonstrate that at least five different TM4SF proteins (CD9, CD63, CD81, CD151 and A15/TALLA1) can associate with a similar or identical 55 kDa type II PI 4-kinase. These associations were specific, since we found no evidence for other phosphoinositide kinases (e.g. phosphoinositide 3-kinase and phosphoinositide-4-phosphate 5-kinase) associating with TM4SF proteins, and many other TM4SF proteins (including CD82 and CD53) did not associate with PI 4-kinase. CD63-PI 4-kinase complexes were almost entirely intracellular, and thus are distinct from other TM4SF-PI 4-kinase complexes (e.g. involving CD9), which are largely located in the plasma membrane. These results suggest that a specific subset of TM4SF proteins may recruit PI 4-kinase to specific membrane locations, and thereby influence phosphoinositide-dependent signalling.
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Rm D-1430, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Yauch
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hemler
mesh_terms: D019870:1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019870:1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase