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Mol. Cell. Biol., 03 1995, 1324-1332, Vol 15, No. 3
XR Bustelo, KL Suen, WM Michael, G Dreyfuss and M Barbacid
We have used the yeast two-hybrid system to isolate proteins that interact
with the carboxy-terminal SH3-SH2-SH3 region of Vav. One of the clones
encoded heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K), a
poly(rC)-specific RNA-binding protein. The interaction between Vav and
hnRNP K involves the binding of the most carboxy-terminal SH3 domain of Vav
to two proline-rich sequences present in the central region of hnRNP K.
Overexpression of Vav in mouse fibroblasts leads to the formation of a
stable complex with the endogenous hnRNP K and to the preferential
redistribution of this protein to the cytoplasmic fraction. More
importantly, Vav and hnRNP K proteins also interact in hematopoietic cells.
In addition, Vav associates in vitro with a second 45-kDa poly(rC)-specific
RNA-binding protein via its SH3-SH2-SH3 region. These results suggest that
Vav plays a role in the regulation of the late steps of RNA biogenesis by
modulating the function of poly(rC)-specific ribonucleoproteins.
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
Association of the vav proto-oncogene product with poly(rC)-specific RNA-binding proteins
Department of Molecular Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000.
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