The 32-kilodalton subunit of replication protein A interacts with menin, the product of the MEN1 tumor suppressor gene

Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Jan;23(2):493-509. doi: 10.1128/MCB.23.2.493-509.2003.

Abstract

Menin is a 70-kDa protein encoded by MEN1, the tumor suppressor gene disrupted in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. In a yeast two-hybrid system based on reconstitution of Ras signaling, menin was found to interact with the 32-kDa subunit (RPA2) of replication protein A (RPA), a heterotrimeric protein required for DNA replication, recombination, and repair. The menin-RPA2 interaction was confirmed in a conventional yeast two-hybrid system and by direct interaction between purified proteins. Menin-RPA2 binding was inhibited by a number of menin missense mutations found in individuals with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, and the interacting regions were mapped to the N-terminal portion of menin and amino acids 43 to 171 of RPA2. This region of RPA2 contains a weak single-stranded DNA-binding domain, but menin had no detectable effect on RPA-DNA binding in vitro. Menin bound preferentially in vitro to free RPA2 rather than the RPA heterotrimer or a subcomplex consisting of RPA2 bound to the 14-kDa subunit (RPA3). However, the 70-kDa subunit (RPA1) was coprecipitated from HeLa cell extracts along with RPA2 by menin-specific antibodies, suggesting that menin binds to the RPA heterotrimer or a novel RPA1-RPA2-containing complex in vivo. This finding was consistent with the extensive overlap in the nuclear localization patterns of endogenous menin, RPA2, and RPA1 observed by immunofluorescence.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • DNA / metabolism
  • DNA Damage
  • DNA, Complementary / metabolism
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • G1 Phase
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / genetics
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Neoplasm Proteins / chemistry
  • Neoplasm Proteins / genetics
  • Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism*
  • Plasmids / metabolism
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins*
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Replication Protein A
  • S Phase
  • Transfection
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Complementary
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • MEN1 protein, human
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • RPA1 protein, human
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • RepB protein, Bacteria
  • Replication Protein A
  • Rpa1 protein, mouse
  • DNA
  • Glutathione Transferase