Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1946466 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 2013 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

•JAB1 was identified as a binding partner of Luman by a yeast two-hybrid screen.•JAB1 and Luman interaction was confirmed by biochemical and cell-based assays.•MPN domain in JAB1 was found essential and sufficient for binding of Luman.•JAB1 promoted Luman turnover and repressed its transactivation function.•JAB1 is proposed as an important negative regulator of Luman.

Luman/CREB3 (also called LZIP) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-bound transcription factor that has been implicated in the ER stress response. In this study, we used the region of Luman containing the basic DNA-binding domain as bait in a yeast two-hybrid screen and identified the Jun activation domain-binding protein 1 (JAB1) or the COP9 signalosome complex unit 5 (CSN5) as an interacting protein. We confirmed their direct binding by glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays, and verified the existence of such interaction in the cellular environment by mammalian two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation assays. Deletion mapping studies revealed that the MPN domain in JAB1 was essential and sufficient for the binding. JAB1 also colocalized with Luman in transfected cells. More interestingly, the nuclear form of Luman was shown to promote the translocation of JAB1 into the nucleus. We found that overexpression of JAB1 shortened the half-life of Luman by 67%, and repressed its transactivation function on GAL4 and unfolded protein response element (UPRE)-containing promoters. We therefore propose that JAB1 is a novel binding partner of Luman, which negatively regulates the activity of Luman by promoting its degradation.

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