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Han, I. et al.

Protein kinase A associates with HA95 and affects transcriptional coactivation by Epstein-Barr virus nuclear proteins.

HA95, a nuclear protein homologous to AKAP95, has been identified in immune precipitates of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) coactivating nuclear protein EBNA-LP from EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cells (LCLs). We now find that HA95 and EBNA-LP are highly associated in LCLs and in B-lymphoma cells where EBNA-LP is expressed by gene transfer. Binding was also evident in yeast two-hybrid assays. HA95 binds to the EBNA-LP repeat domain that is the principal coactivator of transcription. EBNA-LP localizes with HA95 and causes HA95 to partially relocalize with EBNA-LP in promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies. Protein kinase A catalytic subunit alpha (PKAcsalpha) is significantly associated with HA95 in the presence or absence of EBNA-LP. Although EBNA-LP is not a PKA substrate, HA95 or PKAcsalpha expression in B lymphoblasts specifically down-regulates the strong coactivating effects of EBNA-LP. The inhibitory effects of PKAcsalpha are reversed by coexpression of protein kinase inhibitor. PKAcsalpha also inhibits EBNA-LP coactivation with the EBNA-2 acidic domain fused to the Gal4 DNA binding domain. Furthermore, EBNA-LP- and EBNA-2-induced expression of the EBV oncogene, LMP1, is down-regulated by PKAcsalpha or HA95 expression in EBV-infected lymphoblasts. These experiments indicate that HA95 and EBNA-LP localize PKAcsalpha at nuclear sites where it can affect transcription from specific promoters. The role of HA95 as a scaffold for transcriptional regulation is discussed.[1]

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Protein kinase A associates with HA95 and affects transcriptional coactivation by Epstein-Barr virus nuclear proteins. Han, I., Xue, Y., Harada, S., Orstavik, S., Skalhegg, B., Kieff, E. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2002) [Pubmed]

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