WD40 repeat proteins striatin and S/G(2) nuclear autoantigen are members of a novel family of calmodulin-binding proteins that associate with protein phosphatase 2A

J Biol Chem. 2000 Feb 25;275(8):5257-63. doi: 10.1074/jbc.275.8.5257.

Abstract

Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a multifunctional serine/threonine phosphatase that is critical to many cellular processes including development, neuronal signaling, cell cycle regulation, and viral transformation. PP2A has been implicated in Ca(2+)-dependent signaling pathways, but how PP2A is targeted to these pathways is not understood. We have identified two calmodulin (CaM)-binding proteins that form stable complexes with the PP2A A/C heterodimer and may represent a novel family of PP2A B-type subunits. These two proteins, striatin and S/G(2) nuclear autoantigen (SG2NA), are highly related WD40 repeat proteins of previously unknown function and distinct subcellular localizations. Striatin has been reported to associate with the post-synaptic densities of neurons, whereas SG2NA has been reported to be a nuclear protein expressed primarily during the S and G(2) phases of the cell cycle. We show that SG2NA, like striatin, binds to CaM in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. In addition to CaM and PP2A, several unidentified proteins stably associate with the striatin-PP2A and SG2NA-PP2A complexes. Thus, one mechanism of targeting and organizing PP2A with components of Ca(2+)-dependent signaling pathways may be through the molecular scaffolding proteins striatin and SG2NA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • 3T3 Cells
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Autoantigens / chemistry*
  • Autoantigens / metabolism
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Epitopes
  • Histones / metabolism
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry*
  • Methylation
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / chemistry*
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / chemistry
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Phosphatase 2
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Autoantigens
  • Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
  • Epitopes
  • Histones
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • STRN protein, human
  • Strn protein, mouse
  • Strn3 protein, mouse
  • Strn3 protein, rat
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
  • Protein Phosphatase 2
  • Calcium