title: A novel LIM and SH3 protein (lasp-2) highly expressing in chicken brain.
abstract: From eluates of F-actin affinity chromatography of chicken brain, we identified a novel actin-binding protein (lasp-2) whose gene was predicted in silico. We cloned cDNA of chicken lasp-2 and analyzed its structure, expression, activity, and localization with lasp-1 (LIM and SH3 protein 1), a previously identified actin-binding protein closely related to lasp-2. Chicken lasp-2 showed high homology to mammalian putative lasp-2. Both chicken lasp-1 and chicken lasp-2 have N-terminal LIM domains, C-terminal SH3 domains, and internal nebulin repeats. However, lasp-2 is greatly different from lasp-1 in the sequence between the second nebulin repeat and a SH3 domain, and the region is conserved in chicken, mouse, and human. As expected from its structural similarity to lasp-1, lasp-2 possessed actin-binding activity and localized with actin filament in filopodia of neuroblastoma. In contrast to lasp-1, which is widely distributed in non-muscle tissues, lasp-2 was highly expressed in brain.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. saki@mail.ne.jp
authors.forename: Asako G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tatsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katsuki
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Kazuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002645:Chickens; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C096353:LASP1 protein, human; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; C490692:Lasp1 protein, mouse; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins