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Neurogranin binds to phosphatidic acid and associates to cellular membranes

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dc.contributor Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España)
dc.contributor Fundación Ramón Areces
dc.contributor Comunidad de Madrid
dc.creator Domínguez-González, Irene
dc.creator Vázquez-Cuesta, Silvia N.
dc.creator Algaba, Alicia
dc.creator Díez-Guerra, F. Javier
dc.date 2008-06-05T13:26:00Z
dc.date 2008-06-05T13:26:00Z
dc.date 2007-02-12
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:34:48Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:34:48Z
dc.identifier Biochem. J. (2007) 404 (31–43)
dc.identifier 0264-6021 (Print)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4820
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/4820
dc.description The final version of record is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20061483
dc.description Neurogranin (Ng) is a 78-amino-acid-long protein concentrated at dendritic spines of forebrain neurons that is involved in synaptic plasticity through the regulation of CaM (calmodulin)-mediated signalling. Ng features a central IQ motif that mediates binding to CaM and is phosphorylated by PKC (protein kinase C). We have analysed the subcellular distribution of Ng and found that it associates to cellular membranes in rat brain. In vitro binding assays revealed that Ng selectively binds to PA (phosphatidic acid) and that this interaction is prevented by CaM and PKC phosphorylation. Using the peptide Ng-(29–47) and a mutant with an internal deletion (Ng-IQless), we have shown that Ng binding to PA and to cellular membranes is mediated by its IQ motif. Ng expressed in NIH-3T3 cells accumulates at peripheral regions of the plasma membrane and localizes at intracellular vesicles that can be clearly visualized following saponin permeabilization. This distribution was affected by PLD (phospholipase D) and PIP5K (phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase) overexpression. Based on these results, we propose that Ng binding to PA may be involved in Ng accumulation at dendritic spines and that Ng could modulate PA signalling in the postsynaptic environment.
dc.description This work was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (BFI2002- 01581). We thank “Fundación Ramón Areces” for institutional support. Irene Domínguez-González was recipient of a fellowship from the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (CAM)
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Portland Press
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Calmodulin
dc.subject Neurogranin
dc.subject Phosphatidic acid
dc.subject Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
dc.subject Phospholipase D (PLD),
dc.subject Protein kinase C (PKC)
dc.title Neurogranin binds to phosphatidic acid and associates to cellular membranes
dc.type Artículo


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