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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 6, Pages 4829-4839Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M311196200
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK54441] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM51994] Funding Source: Medline
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Location is a critical determinant in dictating the cellular function of protein kinase C (PKC). Scaffold proteins contribute to localization by poising PKC at specific intracellular sites. Using a yeast two-hybrid screen, we identified the centrosomal protein pericentrin as a scaffold that tethers PKC betaII to centrosomes. Co-immunoprecipitation studies reveal that the native proteins interact in cells. Co-overexpression studies show that the interaction is mediated by the C1A domain of PKC and a segment of pericentrin within residues 494-593. Immunofluorescence analysis reveals that endogenous PKC betaII colocalizes with pericentrin at centrosomes. Disruption of this interaction by expression of the interacting region of pericentrin results in release of PKC from the centrosome, microtubule disorganization, and cytokinesis failure. Overexpression of this disrupting fragment has no effect in cells lacking PKC betaII, indicating a specific regulatory role of this isozyme in centrosome function. These results reveal a novel role for PKC betaII in cytokinesis and indicate that this function is mediated by an interaction with pericentrin at centrosomes.
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