HIP1 and HIP12 display differential binding to F-actin, AP2, and clathrin. Identification of a novel interaction with clathrin light chain

J Biol Chem. 2002 May 31;277(22):19897-904. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112310200. Epub 2002 Mar 11.

Abstract

Huntingtin-interacting protein 1 (HIP1) and HIP12 are orthologues of Sla2p, a yeast protein with essential functions in endocytosis and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. We now report that HIP1 and HIP12 are major components of the clathrin coat that interact but differ in their ability to bind clathrin and the clathrin adaptor AP2. HIP1 contains a clathrin-box and AP2 consensus-binding sites that display high affinity binding to the terminal domain of the clathrin heavy chain and the ear domain of the AP2 alpha subunit, respectively. These consensus sites are poorly conserved in HIP12 and correspondingly, HIP12 does not bind to AP2 nor does it demonstrate high affinity clathrin binding. Moreover, HIP12 co-sediments with F-actin in contrast to HIP1, which exhibits no interaction with actin in vitro. Despite these differences, both proteins efficiently stimulate clathrin assembly through their central helical domain. Interestingly, in both HIP1 and HIP12, this domain binds directly to the clathrin light chain. Our data suggest that HIP1 and HIP12 play related yet distinct functional roles in clathrin-mediated endocytosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Brain / embryology
  • Clathrin / metabolism*
  • DNA / metabolism
  • DNA, Complementary / metabolism
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Endocytosis
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Huntingtin Protein
  • Microfilament Proteins / chemistry
  • Microfilament Proteins / metabolism*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Rats
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Time Factors
  • Transcription Factor AP-2
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*

Substances

  • Actins
  • Clathrin
  • DNA, Complementary
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • HIP1 protein, human
  • HTT protein, human
  • Htt protein, rat
  • Huntingtin Protein
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Transcription Factor AP-2
  • Transcription Factors
  • DNA
  • Glutathione Transferase