Epsin 1 Undergoes Nucleocytosolic Shuttling and Its Eps15 Interactor Nh2-Terminal Homology (Enth) Domain, Structurally Similar to Armadillo and Heat Repeats, Interacts with the Transcription Factor Promyelocytic Leukemia Zn2+ Finger Protein (Plzf)
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- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 149 (3), 537-546
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.149.3.537
Abstract
Epsin (Eps15 interactor) is a cytosolic protein involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis via its direct interactions with clathrin, the clathrin adaptor AP-2, and Eps15. The NH2-terminal portion of epsin contains a phylogenetically conserved module of unknown function, known as the ENTH domain (epsin NH2-terminal homology domain). We have now solved the crystal structure of rat epsin 1 ENTH domain to 1.8 Å resolution. This domain is structurally similar to armadillo and Heat repeats of β-catenin and karyopherin-β, respectively. We have also identified and characterized the interaction of epsin 1, via the ENTH domain, with the transcription factor promyelocytic leukemia Zn2+ finger protein (PLZF). Leptomycin B, an antifungal antibiotic, which inhibits the Crm1- dependent nuclear export pathway, induces an accumulation of epsin 1 in the nucleus. These findings suggest that epsin 1 may function in a signaling pathway connecting the endocytic machinery to the regulation of nuclear function.Keywords
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