PMID- 10228163 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990628 LR - 20220225 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 9 DP - 1999 May 4 TI - Inhibition of the receptor-binding function of clathrin adaptor protein AP-2 by dominant-negative mutant mu2 subunit and its effects on endocytosis. PG - 2489-99 AB - Although interactions between the mu2 subunit of the clathrin adaptor protein complex AP-2 and tyrosine-based internalization motifs have been implicated in the selective recruitment of cargo molecules into coated pits, the functional significance of this interaction for endocytosis of many types of membrane proteins remains unclear. To analyze the function of mu2-receptor interactions, we constructed an epitope-tagged mu2 that incorporates into AP-2 and is targeted to coated pits. Mutational analysis revealed that Asp176 and Trp421 of mu2 are involved in the interaction with internalization motifs of TGN38 and epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor. Inducible overexpression of mutant mu2, in which these two residues were changed to alanines, resulted in metabolic replacement of endogenous mu2 in AP-2 complexes and complete abrogation of AP-2 interaction with the tyrosine-based internalization motifs. As a consequence, endocytosis of the transferrin receptor was severely impaired. In contrast, internalization of the EGF receptor was not affected. These results demonstrate the potential usefulness of the dominant-interfering approach for functional analysis of the adaptor protein family, and indicate that clathrin-mediated endocytosis may proceed in both a mu2-dependent and -independent manner. FAU - Nesterov, A AU - Nesterov A AD - Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Carter, R E AU - Carter RE FAU - Sorkina, T AU - Sorkina T FAU - Gill, G N AU - Gill GN FAU - Sorkin, A AU - Sorkin A LA - eng GR - CA 58689/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA46934/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - DK46817/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (AP1M2 protein, human) RN - 0 (AP3M2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Adaptor Protein Complex 1) RN - 0 (Adaptor Protein Complex 2) RN - 0 (Adaptor Protein Complex 3) RN - 0 (Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits) RN - 0 (Adaptor Protein Complex mu Subunits) RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) RN - 0 (Receptors, Transferrin) RN - 0 (adaptor protein complex 1, mu 2 subunit) RN - 0 (adaptor protein complex 2, mu 2 subunit) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) SB - IM MH - *Adaptor Protein Complex 1 MH - *Adaptor Protein Complex 2 MH - *Adaptor Protein Complex 3 MH - Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits MH - *Adaptor Protein Complex mu Subunits MH - Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Biological Transport MH - Cell Compartmentation MH - Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane/metabolism MH - *Endocytosis MH - ErbB Receptors/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Point Mutation MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Engineering MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Transferrin/metabolism PMC - PMC1171331 EDAT- 1999/05/06 00:00 MHDA- 1999/05/06 00:01 CRDT- 1999/05/06 00:00 PHST- 1999/05/06 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/05/06 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/05/06 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2489 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 1999 May 4;18(9):2489-99. doi: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2489.