title: Novel alternative splicings of BPAG1 (bullous pemphigoid antigen 1) including the domain structure closely related to MACF (microtubule actin cross-linking factor).
abstract: BPAG1 (bullous pemphigoid antigen 1) was originally identified as a 230-kDa hemidesmosomal protein and belongs to the plakin family, because it consists of a plakin domain, a coiled-coil rod domain and a COOH-terminal intermediate filament binding domain. To date, alternatively spliced products of BPAG1, BPAG1e, and BPAG1n are known. BPAG1e is expressed in epithelial tissues and localized to hemidesmosomes, on the other hand, BPAG1n is expressed in neural tissues and muscles and has an actin binding domain at the NH(2)-terminal of BPAG1e. BPAG1 is also known as a gene responsible for Dystonia musculorum (dt) neurodegeneration syndrome of the mouse. Another plakin family protein MACF (microtubule actin cross-linking factor) has also an actin binding domain and the plakin domain at the NH(2)-terminal. However, in contrast to its high homology with BPAG1 at the NH(2)-terminal, the COOH-terminal structure of MACF, including a microtubule binding domain, resembles dystrophin rather than plakins. Here, we investigated RNAs and proteins expressed from the BPAG1 locus and suggest novel alternative splicing variants, which include one consisting of the COOH-terminal domain structure homologous to MACF. The results indicate that BPAG1 has three kinds of cytoskeletal binding domains and seems to play an important role in linking the different types of cytoskeletons.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Biosystems, Graduate School of Human Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. masayo@info.human.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Katsushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Owaribe
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D000071821:Dystonin; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000235:genetics*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003094:Collagen; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D000071821:Dystonin; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII; C486268:DST protein, human; C095003:MACF1 protein, human; C490632:Macf1 protein, mouse