PUBLICATION

Tumor suppressor RARRES1 interacts with cytoplasmic carboxypeptidase AGBL2 to regulate the α-tubulin tyrosination cycle

Authors
Sahab, Z.J., Hall, M.D., Me Sung, Y., Dakshanamurthy, S., Ji, Y., Kumar, D., Byers, S.W.
ID
ZDB-PUB-200212-22
Date
2011
Source
Cancer research   71: 1219-28 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
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MeSH Terms
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Carboxypeptidases/metabolism*
  • Carboxypeptidases/physiology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cytoplasm/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins/genetics
  • Membrane Proteins/metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins/physiology
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Protein Binding/genetics
  • Protein Binding/physiology
  • Protein Conformation
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational/genetics
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Tubulin/metabolism*
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins/physiology
  • Tyrosine/metabolism*
PubMed
21303978 Full text @ Cancer Res.
Abstract
Even though it is among the most commonly methylated loci in multiple cancers, the retinoic acid-induced tumor suppressor retinoic acid receptor responder 1 (RARRES1) has no known function. We now show that RARRES1 is lost in many cancer cells, particularly those with a mesenchymal phenotype, and is a transmembrane carboxypeptidase inhibitor that interacts with ATP/GTP binding protein-like 2 (AGBL2), a cytoplasmic carboxypeptidase. Knockdown of AGBL2 results in a failure of the cell to detyrosinate the C-terminal EEY region of α-tubulin and indicates that it is a candidate for the long sought-after tubulin tyrosine carboxypeptidase important in the regulation of microtubule dynamics. In contrast, knockdown of RARRES1 increases the level of detyrosinated α-tubulin consistent with a role as the cognate inhibitor of AGBL2. We conclude that RARRES1, its interacting partners AGBL2, Eg5/KIF11, another EEY-bearing protein (EB1), and the microtubule tyrosination cycle are important in tumorigenesis and identify a novel area for therapeutic intervention.
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