title: Cloning and characterization of AWP1, a novel protein that associates with serine/threonine kinase PRK1 in vivo.
abstract: We describe the cloning and expression of cDNAs encoding a novel human protein of 208 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 22.6kDa and its mouse homologue. We name this protein as AWP1 (associated with PRK1). AWP1 is a ubiquitously expressed protein, and the Awp1 gene is switched on during early human and mouse development. When expressed in COS-1 cells, the Myc-tagged AWP1 has an apparent molecular mass higher than that deduced from its amino acid sequence. AWP1 possesses a conserved zf-A20 zinc finger domain at its N-terminal and a zf-AN1 zinc finger domain at its C-terminal. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that mouse AWP1 specifically interacts with a rat serine/threonine protein kinase PRK1 in vivo. Hence, AWP1 may play a regulatory role in mammalian signal transduction pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Teo
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D019556:COS Cells; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C417945:ZFAND6 protein, human; C485956:Zfand6 protein, mouse; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; C088479:PRK1 protein, Petunia inflata; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases