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Protein 4.1 in forebrain postsynaptic density preparations: enrichment of 4.1 gene products and detection of 4.1R binding proteins.

Scott, Catherine, Keating, Lisa A., Bellamy, Matthew, Baines, Anthony J. (2001) Protein 4.1 in forebrain postsynaptic density preparations: enrichment of 4.1 gene products and detection of 4.1R binding proteins. European Journal of Biochemistry, 268 (4). pp. 1084-94. ISSN 0014-2956. (doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01968.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:8642)

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Abstract

4.1 Proteins are a family of multifunctional cytoskeletal components (4.1R, 4.1G, 4.1N and 4.1B) derived from four related genes, each of which is expressed in the nervous system. Using subcellular fractionation, we have investigated the possibility that 4.1 proteins are components of forebrain postsynaptic densities, cellular compartments enriched in spectrin and actin, whose interaction is regulated by 4.1R. Antibodies to each of 4.1R, 4.1G, 4.1N and 4.1B recognize polypeptides in postsynaptic density preparations. Of these, an 80-kDa 4.1R polypeptide is enriched 11-fold in postsynaptic density preparations relative to brain homogenate. Polypeptides of 150 and 125 kDa represent 4.1B; of these, only the 125 kDa species is enriched (threefold). Antibodies to 4.1N recognize polypeptides of approximately 115, 100, 90 and 65 kDa, each enriched in postsynaptic density preparations relative to brain homogenate. Minor 225 and 200 kDa polypeptides are recognized selectively by specific anti-4.1G antibodies; the 200 kDa species is enriched 2.5-fold. These data indicate that specific isoforms of all four 4.1 proteins are components of postsynaptic densities. Blot overlay analyses indicate that, in addition to spectrin and actin, postsynaptic density polypeptides of 140, 115, 72 and 66 kDa are likely to be 4.1R-interactive. Of these, 72 kDa and 66 kDa polypeptides were identified as neurofilament L and alpha-internexin, respectively. A complex containing 80 kDa 4.1R, alpha-internexin and neurofilament L was immunoprecipitated with anti-4.1R antibodies from brain extract. We conclude that 4.1R interacts with the characteristic intermediate filament proteins of postsynaptic densities, and that the 4.1 proteins have the potential to mediate the interactions of diverse components of postsynaptic densities.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01968.x
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Anthony Baines
Date Deposited: 27 Oct 2008 15:09 UTC
Last Modified: 05 Nov 2024 09:41 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/8642 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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