title: Interaction between two adapter proteins, PAG and EBP50: a possible link between membrane rafts and actin cytoskeleton.
abstract: Phosphoprotein associated with GEMs (PAG), also known as Csk-binding protein (Cbp), is a broadly expressed palmitoylated transmembrane adapter protein found in membrane rafts, also called GEMs (glycosphingolipid-enriched membrane microdomains). PAG is known to bind and activate the essential regulator of Src-family kinases, cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase Csk. In the present study we used the yeast 2-hybrid system to search for additional proteins which might bind to PAG. We have identified the abundant cytoplasmic adapter protein EBP50 (ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM)-binding phosphoprotein of 50 kDa), also known as NHERF (Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor), as a specific PAG-binding partner. The interaction involves the C-terminal sequence (TRL) of PAG and N-terminal PDZ domain(s) of EBP50. As EBP50 is known to interact via its C-terminal domain with the ERM-family proteins, which in turn bind to actin cytoskeleton, the PAG-EBP50 interaction may be important for connecting membrane rafts to the actin cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. nada@leuko.biomed.cas.cz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brdicková
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brdicka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spicka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Angelisová
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Milgram
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Horejsí
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002460:Cell Line; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C498710:PAG1 protein, human; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; C093376:sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor