Volume 40, Issue 8 pp. 729-739

Proteome identification of binding-partners interacting with cell polarity protein Par3 in Jurkat cells

Ying Zhou

Ying Zhou

School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

These authors contributed equally to this work

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Longhou Fang

Longhou Fang

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

These authors contributed equally to this work

Current address: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA

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Dan Du

Dan Du

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

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Wenchao Zhou

Wenchao Zhou

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

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Xiujing Feng

Xiujing Feng

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

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Jiwu Chen

Jiwu Chen

School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

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Zhe Zhang

Zhe Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

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Zhengjun Chen

Corresponding Author

Zhengjun Chen

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China

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First published: 12 August 2008
Citations: 2

This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30730055, 30700129 and 30623002) and the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2007CB914504)

Current address: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA

Abstract

The evolutionarily conserved cell polarity protein Par3, a scaffold-like PDZreontaining protein, plays a critical role in the establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity. Although the role of Par3 in establishing cell polarity in epithelial cells has been intensively explored, the function of Par3 in hematopoietic cells remains elusive. To address this issue, we generated GST-fusion proteins of Par3 PDZ domains. By combiningthe GST-pull-down approach with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, we identified 10 potential novel binding proteins of PDZ domains of Par3 in Jurkat cells (a T-cell line). The interaction of Par3 with three proteins—nuclear transport protein importin-α4 and proteasome activators PA28β and PA28γ—was confirmed using in vitro binding assay, co-immunoprecipitation assay and immunofluorescence microscopy. Our results have the potential to uncover novel functions of the cell polarity protein Par3 in blood cells.

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