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- Title
Association of CAD, a multifunctional protein involved in pyrimidine synthesis, with mLST8, a component of the mTOR complexes.
- Authors
Nakashima, Akio; Kawanishi, Ippei; Eguchi, Sumiko; Yu, Eugene Hsin; Eguchi, Satoshi; Oshiro, Noriko; Yoshino, Ken-ichi; Kikkawa, Ushio; Yonezawa, Kazuyoshi
- Abstract
Background: mTOR is a genetically conserved serine/threonine protein kinase, which controls cell growth, proliferation, and survival. A multifunctional protein CAD, catalyzing the initial three steps in de novo pyrimidine synthesis, is regulated by the phosphorylation reaction with different protein kinases, but the relationship with mTOR protein kinase has not been known. Results: CAD was recovered as a binding protein with mLST8, a component of the mTOR complexes, from HEK293 cells transfected with the FLAG-mLST8 vector. Association of these two proteins was confirmed by the coimmuoprecipitaiton followed by immunoblot analysis of transfected myc-CAD and FLAG-mLST8 as well as that of the endogenous proteins in the cells. Analysis using mutant constructs suggested that CAD has more than one region for the binding with mLST8, and that mLST8 recognizes CAD and mTOR in distinct ways. The CAD enzymatic activity decreased in the cells depleted of amino acids and serum, in which the mTOR activity is suppressed. Conclusion: The results obtained indicate that mLST8 bridges between CAD and mTOR, and plays a role in the signaling mechanism where CAD is regulated in the mTOR pathway through the association with mLST8.
- Subjects
CARBAMOYL phosphate synthase; PYRIMIDINE synthesis; MTOR protein; SERINE/THREONINE kinases; CELL growth; CELL proliferation
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Science, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1021-7770
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1423-0127-20-24