scholarly journals Accommodation of structural rearrangements in the huntingtin-interacting protein 1 coiled-coil domain

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy D. Wilbur ◽  
Peter K. Hwang ◽  
Frances M. Brodsky ◽  
Robert J. Fletterick

Huntingtin-interacting protein 1 (HIP1) is an important link between the actin cytoskeleton and clathrin-mediated endocytosis machinery. HIP1 has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of Huntington's disease. The binding of HIP1 to actin is regulated through an interaction with clathrin light chain. Clathrin light chain binds to a flexible coiled-coil domain in HIP1 and induces a compact state that is refractory to actin binding. To understand the mechanism of this conformational regulation, a high-resolution crystal structure of a stable fragment from the HIP1 coiled-coil domain was determined. The flexibility of the HIP1 coiled-coil region was evident from its variation from a previously determined structure of a similar region. A hydrogen-bond network and changes in coiled-coil monomer interaction suggest that the HIP1 coiled-coil domain is uniquely suited to allow conformational flexibility.

2008 ◽  
Vol 283 (47) ◽  
pp. 32870-32879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy D. Wilbur ◽  
Chih-Ying Chen ◽  
Venus Manalo ◽  
Peter K. Hwang ◽  
Robert J. Fletterick ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 170 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian G. Mills ◽  
Luke Gaughan ◽  
Craig Robson ◽  
Theodora Ross ◽  
Stuart McCracken ◽  
...  

Internalization of activated receptors regulates signaling, and endocytic adaptor proteins are well-characterized in clathrin-mediated uptake. One of these adaptor proteins, huntingtin interacting protein 1 (HIP1), induces cellular transformation and is overexpressed in some prostate cancers. We have discovered that HIP1 associates with the androgen receptor through a central coiled coil domain and is recruited to DNA response elements upon androgen stimulation. HIP1 is a novel androgen receptor regulator, significantly repressing transcription when knocked down using a silencing RNA approach and activating transcription when overexpressed. We have also identified a functional nuclear localization signal at the COOH terminus of HIP1, which contributes to the nuclear translocation of the protein. In conclusion, we have discovered that HIP1 is a nucleocytoplasmic protein capable of associating with membranes and DNA response elements and regulating transcription.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Alcasid Ybe ◽  
Arun Alphonse Ignatius ◽  
David Giedroc ◽  
Melissa Illingworth ◽  
Sara Poorfarahani

2004 ◽  
Vol 280 (7) ◽  
pp. 6101-6108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Legendre-Guillemin ◽  
Martina Metzler ◽  
Jean-Francois Lemaire ◽  
Jacynthe Philie ◽  
Lu Gan ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Joel A. Ybe ◽  
Mary E. Clegg ◽  
Melissa Illingworth ◽  
Claire Gonzalez ◽  
Qian Niu

The interaction between HIP family proteins (HIP1 and HIP12/1R) and clathrin is fundamental to endocytosis. We used circular dichroism (CD) to study the stability of an HIP1 subfragment (aa468-530) that is splayed open. CD thermal melts show HIP1 468-530 is only stable at low temperatures, but this HIP1 fragment contains a structural unit that does not melt out even at 83C∘. We then created HIP1 mutants to probe our hypothesis that a short hydrophobic path in the opened region is the binding site for clathrin light chain. We found that the binding of hub/LCb was sensitive to mutating two distantly separated basic residues (K474 and K494). The basic patches marked by K474 and K494 are conserved in HIP12/1R. The lack of conservation insla2p (S. cerevisiae), HIP1 fromD. melanogaster, and HIP1 homolog ZK370.3 fromC. elegansimplies the binding of HIP1 and HIP1 homologs to clathrin light chain may be different in these organisms.


2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 7796-7806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh S. Rao ◽  
Jenny C. Chang ◽  
Priti D. Kumar ◽  
Ikuko Mizukami ◽  
Glennda M. Smithson ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Huntingtin-interacting protein 1 (HIP1) interacts with huntingtin, the protein whose gene is mutated in Huntington's disease. In addition, a fusion between HIP1 and platelet-derived growth factor β receptor causes chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. The HIP1 proteins, including HIP1 and HIP1-related (HIP1r), have an N-terminal polyphosphoinositide-interacting epsin N-terminal homology, domain, which is found in proteins involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. HIP1 and HIP1r also share a central leucine zipper and an actin binding TALIN homology domain. Here we show that HIP1, like HIP1r, colocalizes with clathrin coat components. We also show that HIP1 physically associates with clathrin and AP-2, the major components of the clathrin coat. To further understand the putative biological role(s) ofHIP1, we have generated a targeted deletion of murineHIP1. HIP1 −/− mice developed into adulthood, did not develop overt neurologic symptoms in the first year of life, and had normal peripheral blood counts. However, HIP1-deficient mice exhibited testicular degeneration with increased apoptosis of postmeiotic spermatids. Postmeiotic spermatids are the only cells of the seminiferous tubules that express HIP1. These findings indicate that HIP1 is required for differentiation, proliferation, and/or survival of spermatogenic progenitors. The association of HIP1 with clathrin coats and the requirement of HIP1 for progenitor survival suggest a role for HIP1 in the regulation of endocytosis.


1999 ◽  
Vol 147 (7) ◽  
pp. 1503-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åsa E.Y. Engqvist-Goldstein ◽  
Michael M. Kessels ◽  
Vikramjit S. Chopra ◽  
Michael R. Hayden ◽  
David G. Drubin

The actin cytoskeleton has been implicated in endocytosis, yet few molecules that link these systems have been identified. Here, we have cloned and characterized mHip1R, a protein that is closely related to huntingtin interacting protein 1 (Hip1). These two proteins are mammalian homologues of Sla2p, an actin binding protein important for actin organization and endocytosis in yeast. Sequence alignments and secondary structure predictions verified that mHip1R belongs to the Sla2 protein family. Thus, mHip1R contains an NH2-terminal domain homologous to that implicated in Sla2p's endocytic function, three predicted coiled–coils, a leucine zipper, and a talin-like actin-binding domain at the COOH terminus. The talin-like domain of mHip1R binds to F-actin in vitro and colocalizes with F-actin in vivo, indicating that this activity has been conserved from yeast to mammals. mHip1R shows a punctate immunolocalization and is enriched at the cell cortex and in the perinuclear region. We concluded that the cortical localization represents endocytic compartments, because mHip1R colocalizes with clathrin, AP-2, and endocytosed transferrin, and because mHip1R fractionates biochemically with clathrin-coated vesicles. Time-lapse video microscopy of mHip1R–green fluorescence protein (GFP) revealed a blinking behavior similar to that reported for GFP-clathrin, and an actin-dependent inward movement of punctate structures from the cell periphery. These data show that mHip1R is a component of clathrin-coated pits and vesicles and suggest that it might link the endocytic machinery to the actin cytoskeleton.


FEBS Letters ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 516 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 58-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A Steimle ◽  
Lucila Licate ◽  
Graham P Côté ◽  
Thomas T Egelhoff

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