title: hShroom1 links a membrane bound protein to the actin cytoskeleton.
abstract: hShroom1 (hShrm1) is a member of the Apx/Shroom (Shrm) protein family and was identified from a yeast two-hybrid screen as a protein that interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM). The characteristic signature of the Shrm family is the presence of a unique domain, ASD2 (Apx/Shroom domain 2). mRNA analysis suggests that hShrm1 is expressed in brain, heart, skeletal muscle, colon, small intestine, kidney, placenta and lung tissue, as well a variety of melanoma and other cell lines. Co-immunoprecipitation and bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) experiments indicate that hShrm1 and MCAM interact in vivo and by immunofluorescence microscopy some co-localization of these proteins is observed. hShrm1 partly co-localises with beta-actin and is found in the Triton X-100 insoluble fraction of melanoma cell extracts. We propose that hShrm1 is involved in linking MCAM to the cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Curtin University of Technology, Molecular Immunology Group, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Dye
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karlen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Staub
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Braathen
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Eidne
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Coombe
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051929:CD146 Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D051929:CD146 Antigen; C497902:MCAM protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C539270:Shroom1 protein, human