title: Identification and characterization of AGTRAP, a human homolog of murine Angiotensin II Receptor-Associated Protein (Agtrap).
abstract: Several classes of cytoplasmic proteins have been found to interact specifically with the carboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic region of the angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1)) receptor to regulate different aspects of AT(1) receptor physiology. The murine Angiotensin II Receptor-Associated Protein (Agtrap) is a new member of them. We have recently cloned a new human gene cDNA that codes for a homolog of the murine Agtrap protein from a human fetal brain cDNA library. The deduced polypeptide product of the cDNA is 22 kDa in size, and its DNA and amino acid sequences are 85 and 77% identical to those of the mouse Agtrap gene, respectively. Hence we have named it the human Angiotensin II Receptor-Associated Protein (AGTRAP) gene. The mRNA of AGTRAP was most abundantly expressed in kidney, heart, pancreas and thyroid. Using the yeast two-hybrid screening of a human fetal brain cDNA library, we have identified a new interaction partner of the human AGTRAP protein, RACK1 (Receptor of Activated Protein C Kinase). The AGTRAP-RACK1 interaction was confirmed by GST fusion protein pull-down assays, co-immunoprecipitation and surface plasmon resonance. We suggest that the AGTRAP-RACK1 interaction may help to recruit signaling complex to the AT(1) receptor to affect AT(1) receptor signaling.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zongxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013045:Species Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: C449676:AGTRAP protein, human; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010455:Peptides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D000075370:Receptors for Activated C Kinase; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C070301:peptide I