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A New N-Terminal Recognition Domain In Caveolin-1 Interacts With Sterol Carrier Protein-2 (Scp-2), Rebecca D. Parr, Gregory G. Martin, Heather A. Hostetler, Megan E. Schroeder, Kiran D. Mir, Ann B. Kier, Judith M. Ball, Friedhelm Schroeder Jan 2007

A New N-Terminal Recognition Domain In Caveolin-1 Interacts With Sterol Carrier Protein-2 (Scp-2), Rebecca D. Parr, Gregory G. Martin, Heather A. Hostetler, Megan E. Schroeder, Kiran D. Mir, Ann B. Kier, Judith M. Ball, Friedhelm Schroeder

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Although plasma membrane domains, such as caveolae, provide an organizing principle for signaling pathways and cholesterol homeostasis in the cell, relatively little is known regarding specific mechanisms, whereby intracellular lipid-binding proteins are targeted to caveolae. Therefore, the interaction between caveolin-1 and sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2), a protein that binds and transfers both cholesterol and signaling lipids (e.g., phosphatidylinositides and sphingolipids), was examined by yeast two-hybrid, in vitro binding and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analyses. Results of the in vivo and in vitro assays identified for the first time the N-terminal amino acids (aa) 1−32 amphipathic α helix of SCP-2 …


Full-Length, Glycosylated Nsp4 Is Localized To Plasma Membrane Caveolae By A Novel Raft Isolation Technique, Stephen M. Storey, Thomas F. Gibbons, Cecelia V. Williams, Rebecca D. Parr, Friedhelm Schroeder, Judith M. Ball Jan 2007

Full-Length, Glycosylated Nsp4 Is Localized To Plasma Membrane Caveolae By A Novel Raft Isolation Technique, Stephen M. Storey, Thomas F. Gibbons, Cecelia V. Williams, Rebecca D. Parr, Friedhelm Schroeder, Judith M. Ball

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Rotavirus NSP4, initially characterized as an endoplasmic reticulum intracellular receptor, is a multifunctional viral enterotoxin that induces diarrhea in murine pups. There have been recent reports of the secretion of a cleaved NSP4 fragment (residues 112 to 175) and of the association of NSP4 with LC3-positive autophagosomes, raft membranes, and microtubules. To determine if NSP4 traffics to a specific subset of rafts at the plasma membrane, we isolated caveolae from plasma membrane-enriched material that yielded caveola membranes free of endoplasmic reticulum and nonraft plasma membrane markers. Analyses of the newly isolated caveolae from rotavirus-infected MDCK cells revealed full-length, high-mannose glycosylated …