title: The ribosome receptor, p180, interacts with kinesin heavy chain, KIF5B.
abstract: The conventional microtubule-dependent motor protein kinesin consists of heavy and light chains both of which have been documented to bind a variety of potential linker or cargo proteins. In this study we employed a yeast two-hybrid assay to identify additional binding partners of the kinesin heavy chain isoform KIF5B. A human brain cDNA library was screened with a bait corresponding to amino acid residues 814-963 of human KIF5B. This screen identified the ribosome receptor, p180, as a KIF5B-binding protein. The sites of interaction are residues 1294-1413 of p180 and the C-terminal half of the cargo binding-domain of KIF5B (residues 867-907). The KIF5B-binding site in p180 is homologous to the previously determined KIF5B-binding site in kinectin. The interacting regions of p180 and KIF5B consist almost entirely of heptad repeats, suggesting the interaction is a coiled-coil. A role for the kinesin/p180 interaction may include mRNA localization and/or transport of endoplasmic reticulum-derived vesicles.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, The University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia. russell_diefenbach@wmi.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Russell J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Diefenbach
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diefenbach
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: C488101:KIF5B protein, human; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C065526:ribosome receptor; D016547:Kinesins