期刊
AMINO ACIDS
卷 38, 期 2, 页码 603-611出版社
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-009-0419-4
关键词
Antizymes; Antizyme inhibitor 2; Polyamines; Ornithine decarboxylase like; Arginine decarboxylase; Spermiogenesis
资金
- Seneca Foundation (Autonomous Community of Murcia) [08681/PI/08]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [SAF2008-03638]
- FEDER
Polyamines are small organic polycations essential for cell proliferation and survival. Antizymes (AZs) are small proteins regulated by polyamines that inhibit polyamine biosynthesis and uptake in mammalian cells. In addition, antizyme functions are also regulated by antizyme inhibitors, homologue proteins of ornithine decarboxylase lacking enzymatic activity. There are two antizyme inhibitors (AZIN), known as AZIN1 and AZIN2, that bind to AZs and negate their effects on polyamine metabolism. Here, we review different molecular and cellular properties of the novel AZIN2 with particular emphasis on the role that this protein may have in brain and testis physiology. Whereas AZIN1 is ubiquitously found in mammalian tissues, AZIN2 expression appears to be restricted to brain and testis. In transfected cells, AZIN2 is mainly located in the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment and in the cis-Golgi network. AZIN2 is a labile protein that is degraded by the proteasome by a ubiquitin-dependent mechanism. Regarding its physiological role, spatial and temporal analyses of AZIN2 expression in the mouse testis suggest that this protein may have a role in spermiogenesis.
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