Hu Tianhui, Krezel Andrzej M, Li Cunxi, Coffey Robert J
Department of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Dec 1;350(4):911-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.121. Epub 2006 Oct 2.
Naked1 and 2 are two mammalian orthologs of Naked Cuticle, a canonical Wnt signaling antagonist in Drosophila. Naked2, but not Naked1, interacts with transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFalpha) and escorts TGFalpha-containing vesicles to the basolateral membrane of polarized epithelial cells. Full-length Naked2 is poorly soluble. Since most functional domains, including the Dishevelled binding region, EF-hand, vesicle recognition, and membrane targeting motifs, reside in the N-terminal half of the protein, we expressed and purified the first 217 residues of human Naked2 and performed a functional analysis of this fragment. Its circular dichroism (CD) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra showed no evidence of secondary and/or tertiary structure. The fragment did not bind calcium or zinc. These results indicate that the N-terminal half of Naked2 behaves as an intrinsically unstructured protein.
Naked1和Naked2是果蝇中经典Wnt信号拮抗剂Naked Cuticle的两个哺乳动物直系同源物。Naked2而非Naked1与转化生长因子α(TGFα)相互作用,并将含TGFα的囊泡转运至极化上皮细胞的基底外侧膜。全长Naked2溶解性很差。由于大多数功能结构域,包括Dishevelled结合区域、EF手型结构、囊泡识别和膜靶向基序,都位于该蛋白质的N端一半区域,我们表达并纯化了人Naked2的前217个残基,并对该片段进行了功能分析。其圆二色性(CD)和核磁共振(NMR)光谱未显示二级和/或三级结构的证据。该片段不结合钙或锌。这些结果表明,Naked2的N端一半区域表现为一种内在无序蛋白。