Novel beta-propeller of the BTB-Kelch protein Krp1 provides a binding site for Lasp-1 that is necessary for pseudopodial extension

J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 30;284(44):30498-507. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.023259. Epub 2009 Sep 2.

Abstract

Kelch-related protein 1 (Krp1) is up-regulated in oncogene-transformed fibroblasts. The Kelch repeats interact directly with the actin-binding protein Lasp-1 in membrane ruffles at the tips of pseudopodia, where both proteins are necessary for pseudopodial elongation. Herein, we investigate the molecular basis for this interaction. Probing an array of overlapping decapeptides of Rattus norvegicus (Rat) Krp1 with recombinant Lasp-1 revealed two binding sites; one ((317)YDPMENECYLT(327)) precedes the first of five Kelch repeats, and the other ((563)TEVNDIWKYEDD(574)) is in the last of the five Kelch repeats. Mutational analysis established that both binding sites are necessary for Krp1-Lasp-1 interaction in vitro and function in vivo. The crystal structure of the C-terminal domain of rat Krp1 (amino acids 289-606) reveals that both binding sites are brought into close proximity by the formation of a novel six-bladed beta-propeller, where the first blade is not formed by a Kelch repeat.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Carrier Proteins / physiology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Microfilament Proteins / chemistry
  • Microfilament Proteins / metabolism*
  • Microfilament Proteins / physiology
  • Molecular Motor Proteins / chemistry*
  • Molecular Motor Proteins / metabolism
  • Molecular Motor Proteins / physiology
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / chemistry
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / physiology
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Pseudopodia / ultrastructure*
  • Rats
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Klhl41 protein, rat
  • Lasp1 protein, rat
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Molecular Motor Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins

Associated data

  • PDB/2WOZ