PMID- 10100603 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990507 LR - 20190621 IS - 0014-5793 (Print) IS - 0014-5793 (Linking) VI - 446 IP - 1 DP - 1999 Mar 5 TI - The nuclear protein PH5P of the inter-alpha-inhibitor superfamily: a missing link between poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase and the inter-alpha-inhibitor family and a novel actor of DNA repair? PG - 6-8 AB - Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase is a nuclear NAD-dependent enzyme and an essential nick sensor involved in cellular processes where nicking and rejoining of DNA strands are required. The inter-alpha-inhibitor family is comprized of several plasma proteins that all harbor one or more so-called heavy chains designated H1-H4. The latter originate from precursor polypeptides H1P-H4P whose upper two thirds are highly homologous. We now describe a novel protein that includes (i) a so-called BRCT domain found in many proteins involved in DNA repair, (ii) an area that is homologous to the NAD-dependent catalytic domain of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase, (iii) an area that is homologous to the upper two thirds of precursor polypeptides H1P-H4P and (iv) a proline-rich region with a potential nuclear localization signal. This protein now designated PH5P points to as yet unsuspected links between poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase and the inter-alpha-inhibitor family and is likely to be involved in DNA repair. FAU - Jean, L AU - Jean L AD - INSERM Unit-78 and Institut Federatif de Recherches Multidisciplinaires sur les Peptides, Rouen, France. FAU - Risler, J L AU - Risler JL FAU - Nagase, T AU - Nagase T FAU - Coulouarn, C AU - Coulouarn C FAU - Nomura, N AU - Nomura N FAU - Salier, J P AU - Salier JP LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - FEBS Lett JT - FEBS letters JID - 0155157 RN - 0 (Alpha-Globulins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (PARP4 protein, human) RN - 39346-44-6 (inter-alpha-inhibitor) RN - EC 2.4.2.30 (Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases) SB - IM MH - Alpha-Globulins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - *DNA Repair MH - Humans MH - Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism MH - Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/*metabolism RF - 19 EDAT- 1999/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/01 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0014-5793(99)00173-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00173-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS Lett. 1999 Mar 5;446(1):6-8. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00173-8.