Abstract
Missense substitutions in the presenilin 1 (PS1) and presenilin 2 (PS2) proteins are associated with early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease. We have used yeast-two-hybrid and coimmunoprecipitation methods to show that the large cytoplasmic loop domains of PS1 and PS2 interact specifically with three members of the armadillo protein family, including β-catenin, p0071, and a novel neuronal-specific armadillo protein-neural plakophilin-related armadillo protein (NPRAP). The PS1:NPRAP interaction occurs between the arm repeats of NPRAP and residues 372-399 at the C-terminal end of the large cytoplasmic loop of PS1. The latter residues contain a single arm-like domain and are highly conserved in the presenilins, suggesting that they form a functional armadillo protein binding site for the presenilins.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 999-1008 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Neurochemistry |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease
- Armadillo proteins
- Presenilin binding proteins
- Presenilin proteins
- Yeast-two-hybrid
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience