The brain-specific Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factor RasGRF1 is a protein harbouring a complex array of structural motifs. It contains a pleckstrin homology (PH1) domain, a coiled coil region (CC) and an ilimaquinone (IQ) one in addition to the catalytic Ras and Rac exchange factor domains. In this study, we used the recombinant N-terminal PH1, CC and IQ region (PHCCIQ) fused to the chitin-binding domain to isolate interacting proteins from mouse brain extracts. The use of an advanced software tool, the Pep-Miner, allowed clustering similar spectra from multiple mass spectrometry analysis, simplifying and improving the analysis of the complex peptide mixture. The most representative classes of RasGRF1-interacting proteins were ribosomal and other RNA-binding proteins, cytoskeletal proteins and proteins involved in vesicular trafficking. We confirmed the interaction of some of the identified proteins using different experimental approaches. We also demonstrated an RNA-dependent association of the PHCCIQ moiety of RasGRF1 with ribosomal protein S6 and Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3-domain binding protein 2. In addition, we found that purified total RNA binds to the PHCCIQ fusion protein and the recombinant protein associates with poly(A)-sepharose. These data indicate that RasGRF1 can interact with different protein categories and exhibits a potential RNA-binding property.
Identification of novel RasGRF1 interacting partners by large-scale proteomic analysis / P. Lavagni, M. Indrigo, G. Colombo, E. Martegani, K. Rosenbaum, N.B. Gnesutta, R. Zippel. - In: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 0895-8696. - 37:3(2009), pp. 212-224. [10.1007/s12031-008-9118-y]
Identification of novel RasGRF1 interacting partners by large-scale proteomic analysis
P. LavagniPrimo
;G. Colombo;N.B. GnesuttaPenultimo
;R. ZippelUltimo
2009
Abstract
The brain-specific Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factor RasGRF1 is a protein harbouring a complex array of structural motifs. It contains a pleckstrin homology (PH1) domain, a coiled coil region (CC) and an ilimaquinone (IQ) one in addition to the catalytic Ras and Rac exchange factor domains. In this study, we used the recombinant N-terminal PH1, CC and IQ region (PHCCIQ) fused to the chitin-binding domain to isolate interacting proteins from mouse brain extracts. The use of an advanced software tool, the Pep-Miner, allowed clustering similar spectra from multiple mass spectrometry analysis, simplifying and improving the analysis of the complex peptide mixture. The most representative classes of RasGRF1-interacting proteins were ribosomal and other RNA-binding proteins, cytoskeletal proteins and proteins involved in vesicular trafficking. We confirmed the interaction of some of the identified proteins using different experimental approaches. We also demonstrated an RNA-dependent association of the PHCCIQ moiety of RasGRF1 with ribosomal protein S6 and Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3-domain binding protein 2. In addition, we found that purified total RNA binds to the PHCCIQ fusion protein and the recombinant protein associates with poly(A)-sepharose. These data indicate that RasGRF1 can interact with different protein categories and exhibits a potential RNA-binding property.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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