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| Author(s): |
Flavia Raquel Gonçalves Carneiro
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia |
| Defense date: | 2006-05-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin;
Anete Pereira de Souza;
Celso Eduardo Benedetti;
Beatriz Amaral de Castilho;
Jose Camillo Novello
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| Advisor: | Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin |
| Abstract | |
The INT6 gene was reported as a frequent genome integration site of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV). This integration may result in truncated forms of INT6 protein lacking its C-terminal region and the PCI domain. It has been reported that this domain is involved in protein-protein interaction. We performed 3 yeast two-hybrid screens in order to identify the human INT6 (hINT6) interaction partners. Although two previously described specific interactions were identified in these screens, it was not possible to confirm the new interactions by in vitro binding assays. The Arabidopis thalina INT6 ortholog (AtINT6) was used for structural analyses, since the hINT6 was insoluble following expression in Escherichia coli. AtINT6 showed CD spectra with high helical content. The region comprising amino acids 172 to 415 forms a compact protease resistant domain as determined by limited proteolysis and mass spectrometry analyses. This domain, comprising the PCI domain sequence, was cloned and expressed in E. coli and showed high solubility and stability. This recombinant protein has the potential to serve as a model protein for three-dimensional structure determination of the PCI domain. We also studied the NY-REN-21 protein, which was isolated as a potential hINT6 interaction partner and represents a putative ortholog of the mouse ZFP38 transcriptional factor. Both proteins are C2H2 type multifinger proteins, containing a conserved oligomerization domain (SCAN) in the N-terminal region and a predicted disordered central region. Our analyses showed that full-length NY-REN-21 is partially unfolded and its secondary structure content is affected by incubation with EDTA. The central region of NY-REN-21 shows an aberrant mobility on SDS-PAGE and is intrinsically unstructured as reveled by circular dichroism, fluorescence and limited proteolysis. The zinc finger region was not characterized because of its unstable nature. The recombinant SCAN domain of NY-REN-21 can form homodimers and heterodimers with the SCAND1 protein. This interaction may represent a novel regulatory mechanism of NY-REN-21 activity (AU) | |