Interaction cloning and characterization of the cDNA encoding the human prenylated rab acceptor (PRA1)
Interaction cloning and characterization of the cDNA encoding the human prenylated rab acceptor (PRA1)
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DOI:
10.1006/bbrc.1999.0651
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发表时间:
1999-05-19
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Bruni, CB
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作者:
Bucci, C;Chiariello, M;Bruni, CB
Rab proteins are small GTPases involved in the regulation of intracellular membrane traffic in mammalian cells, In order to find Bah-interacting proteins we performed a two-hybrid screening using a human brain cDNA library. Here we report the isolation of a full-length human cDNA clone coding for a protein of 185 amino acids. This protein interacts strongly with the Rab4b, Rab5a, and Rab5c proteins and weakly with Rab4a, Rab6, Rab7, Rab17, and Rab22 in the two-hybrid assay, Comparison with the Data Bank revealed that this clone represents the human homolog of the previously isolated rat Prenylated Rab Acceptor (rPRA1). Analysis of mRNA expression shows a single abundant mRNA of about 0.8 kb ubiquitously expressed, Western blot analysis of the overexpressed protein shows a band of the expected size equally distributed between cytosol and membranes. (C) 1999 Academic Press.