PMID- 10602480 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000106 LR - 20131121 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 51 DP - 1999 Dec 2 TI - Interaction partners of Dlk/ZIP kinase: co-expression of Dlk/ZIP kinase and Par-4 results in cytoplasmic retention and apoptosis. PG - 7265-73 AB - Dlk/ZIP kinase is a newly discovered serine/threonine kinase which, due to its homology to DAP kinase, was named DAP like kinase, Dlk. This kinase is tightly associated with nuclear structures, it undergoes extensive autophosphorylation and phosphorylates myosin light chain and core histones H3, H2A and H4 in vitro. Moreover, it possesses a leucine zipper which mediates interaction with transcription factor ATF-4, therefore it was called ZIP kinase. We employed the yeast two-hybrid system to identify interaction partners of Dlk that might serve as regulators or targets. Besides ATF-4 and others we found Par-4, a modulator of transcription factor WT1 and mediator of apoptosis. Complex formation between Dlk and Par-4 was confirmed by GST pull-down experiments and kinase reactions in vitro and coexpression experiments in vivo. The interaction domain within Dlk was mapped to an arginine-rich region between residues 338 - 417, rather than to the leucine zipper. Strikingly, coexpression of Dlk and Par-4 lead to relocation of Dlk from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, particularly to actin filaments. These interactions provoked a dramatic reorganization of the cytoskeleton and morphological symptoms of apoptosis, thus suggesting a functional relationship between Dlk and Par-4 in the control of apoptosis. FAU - Page, G AU - Page G AD - Institute of Genetics, University of Bonn, Roemerstr. 164, D-53117 Bonn, Germany. FAU - Kogel, D AU - Kogel D FAU - Rangnekar, V AU - Rangnekar V FAU - Scheidtmann, K H AU - Scheidtmann KH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor) RN - 0 (prostate apoptosis response-4 protein) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Death-Associated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 12) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Cytoplasm/physiology MH - Death-Associated Protein Kinases MH - Escherichia coli MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Leucine Zippers MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction EDAT- 1999/12/22 00:00 MHDA- 1999/12/22 00:01 CRDT- 1999/12/22 00:00 PHST- 1999/12/22 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/12/22 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/12/22 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1203170 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 1999 Dec 2;18(51):7265-73. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203170.