title: The Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-14 RUN domain protein binds to the kinesin-1 and UNC-16 complex and regulates synaptic vesicle localization.
abstract: Kinesin-1 is a heterotetramer composed of kinesin heavy chain (KHC) and kinesin light chain (KLC). The Caenorhabditis elegans genome has a single KHC, encoded by the unc-116 gene, and two KLCs, encoded by the klc-1 and klc-2 genes. We show here that UNC-116/KHC and KLC-2 form a complex orthologous to conventional kinesin-1. KLC-2 also binds UNC-16, the C. elegans JIP3/JSAP1 JNK-signaling scaffold protein, and the UNC-14 RUN domain protein. The localization of UNC-16 and UNC-14 depends on kinesin-1 (UNC-116 and KLC-2). Furthermore, mutations in unc-16, klc-2, unc-116, and unc-14 all alter the localization of cargos containing synaptic vesicle markers. Double mutant analysis is consistent with these four genes functioning in the same pathway. Our data support a model whereby UNC-16 and UNC-14 function together as kinesin-1 cargos and regulators for the transport or localization of synaptic vesicle components.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Dana T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hisamoto
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yishi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D015870:Gene Expression; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D019076:Transgenes; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C000715688:KLC1 protein, human; C107406:UNC-14 protein, C elegans; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C445161:unc-16 protein, C elegans; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D016547:Kinesins