A novel and conserved protein-protein interaction domain of mammalian Lin-2/CASK binds and recruits SAP97 to the lateral surface of epithelia

Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Mar;22(6):1778-91. doi: 10.1128/MCB.22.6.1778-1791.2002.

Abstract

Mammalian Lin-2 (mLin-2)/CASK is a membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) and contains multidomain modules that mediate protein-protein interactions important for the establishment and maintenance of neuronal and epithelial cell polarization. The importance of mLin-2/CASK in mammalian development is demonstrated by the fact that mutations in mLin-2/CASK or SAP97, another MAGUK protein, lead to cleft palate in mice. We recently identified a new protein-protein interaction domain, called the L27 domain, which is present twice in mLin-2/CASK. In this report, we further define the binding of the L27C domain of mLin-2/CASK to the L27 domain of mLin-7 and identify the binding partner for L27N of mLin-2/CASK. Biochemical analysis reveals that this L27N domain binds to the N terminus of SAP97, a region that was previously reported to be essential for the lateral membrane recruitment of SAP97 in epithelia. Our colocalization studies, using dominant-negative mLin-2/CASK, show that the association with mLin-2/CASK is crucial for lateral localization of SAP97 in MDCK cells. We also report the identification of a novel isoform of Discs Large, a Drosophila melanogaster orthologue of SAP97, which contains a region highly related to the SAP97 N terminus and which binds Camguk, a Drosophila orthologue of mLin-2/CASK. Our data identify evolutionarily conserved protein-protein interaction domains that link mLin-2/CASK to SAP97 and account for their common phenotype when mutated in mice.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Animals
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein
  • Dogs
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Epithelial Cells / cytology
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Guanylate Kinases
  • Humans
  • Kidney / cytology
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism*
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase / metabolism*
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Binding / physiology
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary / physiology
  • Protein Transport / physiology
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • DLG1 protein, human
  • Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein
  • LIN-7 protein, mammalian
  • LIN7A protein, human
  • LIN7C protein, human
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins
  • CASK kinases
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase
  • Guanylate Kinases