PUBLICATION

An 86 amino acids motif in CAPN3 is essential for formation of the nucleolus-localized Def-CAPN3 complex

Authors
Ding, F., Huang, D., Wang, M., Peng, J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-220726-42
Date
2022
Source
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications   623: 66-73 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Peng, Jinrong
Keywords
CAPN3 (Calpain3), Def (Digestive-organ expansion factor), Human, Nucleolus, Utp25, Zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Amino Acids/metabolism
  • Animals
  • Calpain/genetics
  • Calpain/metabolism
  • Cell Cycle
  • Cell Nucleolus*/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Muscle Proteins/metabolism
  • Zebrafish*/metabolism
PubMed
35878425 Full text @ Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
Abstract
Digestive-organ expansion factor (Def) is a nucleolar protein that recruits cysteine proteinase Calpain3 (CAPN3) into the nucleolus to form the Def-CAPN3 complex in both human and zebrafish. This complex mediates the degradation of the tumor suppressor p53 and ribosome biogenesis factor mitotic phosphorylated protein 10 (Mpp10) in nucleolus, demonstrating the importance of this complex in regulating cell cycle and ribosome biogenesis. However, the Def and CAPN3 interacting motifs have yet been identified. In this report, by using a series of truncated or internally deleted human CAPN3 (hCAPN3) derivatives we identify that an essential motif of 86 amino acids (86-aa) (430-515aa) in hCAPN3 for its interaction with human Def (hDef), and this 86-aa motif is highly conserved in zebrafish Capn3b (zCapn3b) and is also required for the interaction between zebrafish Def (zDef) and zCapn3b. We further identify the 2/3 C-terminus of hDef is responsible for mediating the hDef-hCAPN3 interaction, and the corresponding region is conserved for the zDef and zCapn3b interaction. Our results lay the ground to resolve the structure of the Def-CAPN3 complex in the future.
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Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
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