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Anchoring of the 26S proteasome to the organellar membrane by FKBP38
Author(s) -
Nakagawa Tadashi,
Shirane Michiko,
Iemura Shunichiro,
Natsume Tohru,
Nakayama Keiichi I.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
genes to cells
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1365-2443
pISSN - 1356-9597
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2007.01086.x
Subject(s) - proteasome , biology , tetratricopeptide , endoplasmic reticulum , immunoprecipitation , subcellular localization , microbiology and biotechnology , protein subunit , cell fractionation , membrane protein , biochemistry , mitochondrion , cytoplasm , membrane , gene
FK506‐binding protein 38 (FKBP38) is a member of the immunophilin family that resides in the mitochondrial outer membrane and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. To investigate the physiological function of FKBP38, we performed a comprehensive search for proteins with which it interacts in human cells by liquid chromatographic and mass spectrometric analysis of FKBP38 immunoprecipitates. Almost all subunits of the 26S proteasome were thus found to interact with FKBP38. In vivo co‐immunoprecipitation analyses confirmed that FKBP38 indeed associates with the 26S proteasome via its three tandem tetratricopeptide repeats (TPRs). Binding assays in vitro also revealed that FKBP38 directly interacts with the S4 subunit of the 19S proteasome. Immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that the subcellular distributions of FKBP38 and the 26S proteasome partially overlapped at mitochondria. Both the abundance and activity of the proteasome in a membrane fraction were markedly reduced for mouse embryonic fibroblasts prepared from Fkbp38 −/– mice compared with those prepared from wild‐type mice. These results suggest that FKBP38 functions to anchor the 26S proteasome at the organellar membrane.