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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 18, Pages 18926-18934Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M309148200
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK37340] Funding Source: Medline
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Retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRalpha) is a member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily. Using yeast two-hybrid screening, beta-galactosidase assays, and pull-down assays, we show that RNF8, a RING finger protein recently isolated as a protein binding to a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, binds to RXRalpha through the N-terminal regions of both proteins. In COS7 cells, overexpressed RNF8 colocalized and interacted with RXRalpha in the nucleus, as shown by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. A point mutation of RNF8, Cys-403 to Ser (C403S), which disrupts the RING finger structure, or deletion of the N-terminal region (DeltaN) of RNF8 prevented localization of RNF8 to the nucleus without affecting nuclear localization of RXRalpha. Although transient overexpression of RNF8 had little effect on RXRalpha ubiquitination, RNF8 dose-dependently enhanced RXRalpha-mediated transactivation of the RXR-responsive element (RXRE)bearing gene promoter without the addition of its ligand, 9-cis-retinoic acid (RA), and up-regulated the expression of the genes downstream of RXRE as well as an RA-response element. This transactivation-enhancing activity was not seen with either the C403S point mutant or the DeltaN deletion mutant of RNF8. These results suggest a novel function of RNF8 as a regulator of RXRalpha-mediated transcriptional activity through interaction between their respective N-terminal regions.
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