title: Rab-interacting lysosomal protein (RILP): the Rab7 effector required for transport to lysosomes.
abstract: Rab7 is a small GTPase that controls transport to endocytic degradative compartments. Here we report the identification of a novel 45 kDa protein that specifically binds Rab7GTP at its C-terminus. This protein contains a domain comprising two coiled-coil regions typical of myosin-like proteins and is found mainly in the cytosol. We named it RILP (Rab-interacting lysosomal protein) since it can be recruited efficiently on late endosomal and lysosomal membranes by Rab7GTP. RILP-C33 (a truncated form of the protein lacking the N-terminal half) strongly inhibits epidermal growth factor and low-density lipoprotein degradation, and causes dispersion of lysosomes similarly to Rab7 dominant-negative mutants. More importantly, expression of RILP reverses/prevents the effects of Rab7 dominant-negative mutants. All these data are consistent with a model in which RILP represents a downstream effector for Rab7 and both proteins act together in the regulation of late endocytic traffic.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare L.Califano and Centro di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale G.Salvatore del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cantalupo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alifano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roberti
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Bruni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bucci
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004705:Endocytosis; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D021381:Protein Transport; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090802:rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C423317:RILP protein, human; D000090802:rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins; C000716463:rab7 GTP-binding proteins, human; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins