| Literature DB >> 24389646 |
Yun Ma1, Changbo Wang, Binyuan Li, Lingxue Qin, Jiao Su, Manjun Yang, Shuya He.
Abstract
The absence of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) causes fragile X syndrome (FXS), which is the leading cause of hereditary mental retardation. Fragile X-related protein 1 (FXR1P), which plays an important role in normal muscle development, is one of the two autosomal paralogs of FMRP. To understand the functions of FXR1P, we screened FXR1P-interacting proteins by using a yeast two-hybrid system. The fragile X-related gene 1 (FXR1) was fused to pGBKT7 and then used as the bait to screen the human fetal brain cDNA library. The screening results revealed 10 FXR1P-interacting proteins including Bcl-2-associated transcription factor 1 (BTF). The interaction between FXR1P and BTF was confirmed by using both β-galactosidase assay and growth test in selective media. Co-immunoprecipitation assay in mammalian cells was also carried out to confirm the FXR1P/BTF interaction. Moreover, we confirmed that BTF co-localized with FXR1P in the cytoplasm around the nucleus in rat vascular smooth muscle cells by using confocal fluorescence microscopy. These results provide clues to elucidate the relationship between FXR1P and FXS.Entities:
Keywords: Bcl-2-associated transcription factor 1; fragile X-related protein 1; protein interaction
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24389646 PMCID: PMC7109863 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmt134
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) ISSN: 1672-9145 Impact factor: 3.848
Plasmids used in this study
| Plasmid name | Vector | Insert (s) | Insertion site | Primer sequence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pGBKT7-FXR1 | pGBKT7 | FXR1 |
| ctagaattcatggcggacgtgacggtgctagaattcttatgaaacaccattc |
| pCMV-HA-FXR1 | pCMV-HA | FXR1 |
| tatgaattcggatggcggagctgacggtggaggcgctcgagttatgaaacaccat tcaggac |
| pCMV-Myc-BTF | pCMV-Myc | BTF |
| gtcgaccatgggtcgctccaattctattctttcagaatttttgtcttcaaaagttttgctactgc atctcacgcggccgcttattccttttcttccttgc |
| pEGFP-N1-FXR1 | pEGFP-N1 | FXR1 |
| tatctcgagggatggcggagctgacgatcaagctttgaaacaccattcaggac |
| pDsRed-Monomer-N1-BTF | pDsRed-Monomer | BTF |
| atcaagcttatgggtcgctccaatattctttcagaatttttgtcttcaaaagttttgctactgca tctcacatggtaccttattccttttcttccttgc |
Bioinformatics analysis result
| Clone number | Gene name | GenBank number | Homology |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31-2 | Bcl-2-associated transcription factor 1 (BTF) | NM014739.1 | 100% |
| 34-1 |
| NM_002032 | 99% |
| 38 |
| NM_000413.1 | 100% |
| 39-1 |
| NM_002967.2 | 98% |
| 46-2 | CMP- | NM_018686.3 | 99% |
| 45-1 |
| NM_002078.3 | 96% |
| 46-1 | Chorionic somatomammotropin hormone 1 (CSH1) | NM_022640.2 | 100% |
| 43-2 |
| Non-coding sequence | |
| 42-1 | Zinc finger, CCHC domain contain 7 | Non-coding sequence | |
| 33-1 |
| Non-coding sequence |