Golgi retention of human protein NEFA is mediated by its N-terminal Leu/Ile-rich region.
The subcellular localization of the human Ca(2+)-binding EF-hand/ leucine zipper protein NEFA was studied in HeLa cells by immunofluorescence microscopy. Double immunostaining using mouse anti- NEFA monoclonal antibody 1H8D12 and rabbit anti-ERD2 polyclonal antibody proved that NEFA is localized in the Golgi apparatus. The result was confirmed by the expression of NEFA-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein in the Golgi in the same cell line. Cycloheximide treatment proved NEFA to be a Golgi-resident protein. Seven NEFA deletion mutants were constructed to ascertain the peptide region relevant for Golgi retention. The expression of each NEFA-GFP variant was detected by fluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting. Only the DeltaN mutant, lacking the N-terminal Leu/Ile-rich region, failed to be retained in the Golgi after cycloheximide treatment. The other six deletion mutants in which either the basic region, the complete EF-hand pair domain, the two EF-hand motifs separately, the leucine zipper and the leucine zipper plus the C-terminal region is deleted, were localized to the Golgi. The peptide sequence within the Leu/Ile-rich region is discussed as a novel Golgi retention motif.[1]References
- Golgi retention of human protein NEFA is mediated by its N-terminal Leu/Ile-rich region. Nesselhut, J., Jurgan, U., Onken, E., Götz, H., Barnikol, H.U., Hirschfeld, G., Barnikol-Watanabe, S., Hilschmann, N. FEBS Lett. (2001) [Pubmed]
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