Human intersectin 2 (ITSN2) binds to Eps8 protein and enhances its degradation.

Xiaofeng Ding, Zijian Yang, Fangliang Zhou, Xiang Hu, Chang Zhou, Chang Luo, Zhicheng He, Qian Liu, Hong Li, Feng Yan, Fangmei Wang, Shuanglin Xiang, Jian Zhang

BMB reports 2012 Mar

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Participates in actin remodeling through Rac and receptor endocytosis via Rab5. Here, we used yeast two-hybrid system with Eps8 as bait to screen a human brain cDNA library. ITSN2 was identified as the novel binding factor of Eps8. The interaction between ITSN2 and Eps8 was demonstrated by the in vivo co-immunoprecipitation and colocalization assays and the in vitro GST pull-down assays. Furthermore, we mapped the interaction domains to the region between amino acids 260-306 of Eps8 and the coiled-coil domain of ITSN2. In addition, protein stability assays and immunofluorescence analysis showed ITSN2 overexpression induced the degradation of Eps8 proteins, which was markedly alleviated with the lysosome inhibitor NH4Cl treatment. Taken together, our results suggested ITSN2 interacts with Eps8 and stimulates the degradation of Eps8 proteins.

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Xiaofeng Ding, Zijian Yang, Fangliang Zhou, Xiang Hu, Chang Zhou, Chang Luo, Zhicheng He, Qian Liu, Hong Li, Feng Yan, Fangmei Wang, Shuanglin Xiang, Jian Zhang. Human intersectin 2 (ITSN2) binds to Eps8 protein and enhances its degradation. BMB reports. 2012 Mar;45(3):183-8