title: HIPK2 associates with RanBPM.
abstract: Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we have identified the Ran-binding protein (RanBPM) as an interaction partner of homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2). RanBPM has been described as a centrosomal protein through which Ran regulates the centrosomal function. HIPK2 is mainly a nuclear protein, which among other functions represses transcription mediated by homeodomain containing transcription factors. Here, we show that overexpressed wildtype HIPK2 and a kinase defective mutant of HIPK2 directly interact with RanBPM in the nucleus of mammalian cells. Overexpressed wildtype RanBPM and a kinase defective mutant of HIPK2 co-localise with HIPK2 in defined nuclear structures. A carboxy- and an amino-terminal deletion of HIPK2 do not seem to be able to bind to RanBPM.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik Ulm, Forschungslabore, Prittwitzstr. 43, D-89075 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marion Schneider
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Duttenhöfer
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Debatin
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hug
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D020931:ran GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C116005:Ran binding protein 9; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C115114:HIPK2 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D020931:ran GTP-Binding Protein