title: Characterization of a new family of proteins that interact with the C-terminal region of the chromatin-remodeling factor CHD-3.
abstract: The two human proteins Ki-1/57 and CGI-55 have highly similar amino acid sequences but their functions are unknown. We analyzed them by yeast two-hybrid screens and found that they interact with the C-terminal region of the human chromatin-remodeling factor CHD-3 (chromo-helicase-DNA-binding domain protein-3). The interaction of CGI-55 and CHD-3 could be confirmed in vitro and in vivo by co-immunoprecipitations from Sf9 insect cells. Mapping showed that CGI-55 interacts with CHD-3 via two regions at its N- and C-terminals. The CGI-55 and Ki-1/57 mRNAs show highest expression in muscle, colon and kidney. A CGI55-GFP fusion protein was localized in the cytoplasm, nucleus and perinuclear regions of HeLa cells. These data suggest the possibility that CGI-55 and Ki-1/57 might be involved in nuclear functions like the remodeling of chromatin.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biologia Molecular Estrutural, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Si;ncrotron, Rua Giuseppe Máximo Scolfaro 10.000, C.P. 6192, 13084-971, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Taíla A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.forename: Dario O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Passos
authors.forename: Flávia C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Nery
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobarg
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017730:Ki-1 Antigen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D056245:Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors; D017730:Ki-1 Antigen; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C428129:SERBP1 protein, human; D056245:Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D004265:DNA Helicases; C115322:CHD3 protein, human