Gps2, a protein partner for human papillomavirus E6 proteins.
We have used the yeast two-hybrid system to screen a cDNA library prepared from normal human epidermal keratinocytes and identified protein partners for human papilloma virus (HPV) E6 proteins. A clone that encoded Gps2 interacted with E6 proteins from HPVs of high and low oncogenic risk. The specificity of these reactions was verified and the regions of E6 that were required for interaction were mapped. Steady-state and pulse-chase analyses of cells cotransfected with DNAs expressing E6 from either HPV6 or HPV18 and Gps2 demonstrated that the E6 proteins induced the degradation of Gps2 in vivo but not in vitro. Gps2 exhibited transcriptional activation activity, and high-risk E6 suppressed this activity.
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Departments of Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000502:physiology*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C068651:E6 protein, Human papillomavirus type 16; C052603:E6 protein, Human papillomavirus type 18; C103316:GPS2 protein, human; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D012097:Repressor Proteins