TTLL10 is a protein polyglycylase that can modify nucleosome assembly protein 1

FEBS Lett. 2008 Apr 2;582(7):1129-34. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.02.079. Epub 2008 Mar 10.

Abstract

Certain proteins can undergo polyglycylation and polyglutamylation. Polyglutamylases (glutamate ligases) have recently been identified in a family of tubulin tyrosine ligase-like (TTLL) proteins. However, no polyglycylase (glycine ligase) has yet been reported. Here we identify a polyglycylase in the TTLL proteins by using an anti-poly-glycine antibody. The antibody reacted with a cytoplasmic 60-kDa protein that accumulated in elongating spermatids. Using tandem mass spectrometry of trypsinized samples, immunoprecipitated by the antibody from the TTLL10-expressing cells, we identified the 60-kDa protein as nucleosome assembly protein 1 (NAP1). Recombinant TTLL10 incorporated glycine into recombinant NAP1 in vitro. Mutational analyses indicated that Glu residues at 359 and 360 in the C-terminal part of NAP1 are putative sites for the modification. Thus, TTLL10 is a polyglycylase for NAP1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antibodies
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / chemistry
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Glutamic Acid / analysis
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Proteins / chemistry
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1
  • Peptide Synthases / metabolism*
  • Polyglutamic Acid / analysis
  • Polyglutamic Acid / immunology
  • Polyglutamic Acid / metabolism*
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational*
  • Spermatids / chemistry

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • NAP1L1 protein, human
  • Nap1l1 protein, mouse
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1
  • TTLL5 protein, human
  • Polyglutamic Acid
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Peptide Synthases