title: A novel protein specifically interacting with Homer2 regulates ubiquitin-proteasome systems.
abstract: Homer family proteins are encoded by three genes, homer1, 2 and 3. Most of these proteins are expressed constitutively in nervous systems and accumulated in postsynaptic regions. However, the functional significance of these proteins, especially the significance of the distinction among the proteins encoded by homer1, 2 and 3, is still obscure. In the present study, we isolated a cDNA clone encoding a novel protein by two-hybrid system screening using the C-terminal half of Homer2b as the bait. This protein, termed 2B28, has 297 amino acid residues and contains three major domains: a UBA domain, a coiled-coil region, and a UBX domain. When expressed in HEK293T cells, 2B28 showed colocalization with uniquitin and enhanced the expression levels of IkappaB or Homer1a proteins, which are known to be degraded by proteasomes, indicating that 2B28 is involved in ubiquitin-proteasome functions. 2B28 specifically interacted and colocalized with Homer2 proteins, but not with Homer1 proteins. So far, we have identified no counterpart of 2B28 for Homer1 experimentally or in the protein databases. These results suggest that the specific interaction of 2B28 with Homer2 may play a role in regulation of protein degradation by ubiquitin-proteasome systems and that this function may be specific to Homer2 proteins among Homer family proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581.
authors.forename: Takamasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Sachie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashiguchi
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Udo
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohzono
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minakami
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D000072233:Homer Scaffolding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C000606614:HOMER1 protein, human; D000072233:Homer Scaffolding Proteins; C000606624:Homer1 protein, rat; C000606626:Homer2 protein, rat; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C504037:UBXN1 protein, human; D025801:Ubiquitin; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex