title: ABIN-1 negatively regulates NF-kappaB by inhibiting processing of the p105 precursor.
abstract: p105 plays dual roles in NF-kappaB signaling: in its precursor form it inhibits NF-kappaB activation, but limited processing by the ubiquitin system generates the p50 active subunit of the transcription factor. Here we show that ABIN-1, an A20-binding protein that is also known to attenuate NF-kappaB activation, inhibits p105 processing. p105 and ABIN-1 physically interact with one another, but the binding is not necessary for inhibition of processing. Rather, it appears to stabilize ABIN-1 and to increase its level, which further augments its inhibitory effect. Deletion of the processing inhibitory domain (PID) of p105 abrogates the inhibition which also requires the ABIN homology domain (AHD)-2 of ABIN-1. Together, the effects of ABIN-1 on p105 processing and of p105 on stabilizing ABIN-1 act to potentiate the NF-kappaB inhibitory activity of ABIN-1.
authors.affiliation: Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
authors.forename: Shai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciechanover
authors.forename: Yelena
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kravtsova-Ivantsiv
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lapid
authors.forename: Shirly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahav-Baratz
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D052002:NF-kappa B p50 Subunit / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D052002:NF-kappa B p50 Subunit; C117046:TNIP1 protein, human