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Protein-protein interactions among human lens acidic and basic beta-crystallins.


ABSTRACT: Human lens beta-crystallin contains four acidic (betaA1-->betaA4) and three basic (betaB1-->betaB3) subunits. They oligomerize in the lens, but it is uncertain which subunits are involved in the oligomerization. We used a two-hybrid system to detect protein-protein interactions systematically. Proteins were also expressed for some physicochemical studies. The results indicate that all acidic-basic pairs (betaA-betaB) except betaA4-betaBs pairs show strong hetero-molecular interactions. For acidic or basic pairs, only two pairs (betaA1-betaA1 and betaA3-betaA3) show strong self-association. betaA2 and betaA4 show very weak self-association, which arises from their low solubility. Confocal fluorescence microscopy shows enormous protein aggregates in betaA2- or betaA4-crystallin transfected cells. However, coexpression with betaB2-crystallin decreased both the number and size of aggregates. Circular dichroism indicates subtle differences in conformation among beta-crystallins that may have contributed to the differences in interactions.

SUBMITTER: Liu BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2045703 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Protein-protein interactions among human lens acidic and basic beta-crystallins.

Liu Bing-Fen BF   Liang Jack J-N JJ  

FEBS letters 20070723 21


Human lens beta-crystallin contains four acidic (betaA1-->betaA4) and three basic (betaB1-->betaB3) subunits. They oligomerize in the lens, but it is uncertain which subunits are involved in the oligomerization. We used a two-hybrid system to detect protein-protein interactions systematically. Proteins were also expressed for some physicochemical studies. The results indicate that all acidic-basic pairs (betaA-betaB) except betaA4-betaBs pairs show strong hetero-molecular interactions. For acidi  ...[more]

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