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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 25, 18026-18032, June 18, 1999

Biochemical Analysis of the Receptor for Ubiquitin-like Polypeptide

From the Department of Biochemistry, Shimane Medical University, Izumo 693, Japan

Monoclonal nonspecific suppressor factor (MNSF), a lymphokine produced by murine T cell hybridoma, possesses pleiotrophic antigen-nonspecific suppressive functions. A cDNA clone encoding MNSF-, an isoform of the MNSF, has been isolated and characterized. MNSF- cDNA encodes a fusion protein consisting of a ubiquitin-like segment (Ubi-L) and ribosomal protein S30. Ubi-L appears to be cleaved from the ribosomal protein and released extracellularly in association with T cell receptor-like polypeptide. In the current study we have characterized the biochemical nature of the Ubi-L receptor on D.10 G4.1, a murine T helper clone type 2. Biotinylated Ubi-L bound preferentially to concanavalin A-stimulated but not to unstimulated D.10 cells. Detergent-extracted membrane proteins were applied to an immobilized Ubi-L column. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of eluted fraction revealed a band of M_r = 82,000. Biotinylated Ubi-L specifically recognized this band, confirming that the 82-kDa protein is the Ubi-L receptor. A complex of M_r = 90,000 was visualized by immunoprecipitation of ¹²⁵I-Ubi-L cross-linked to the purified receptor followed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. In addition, a 105-kDa protein was coimmunoprecipitated by anti-Ubi-L receptor (82-kDa polypeptide) antibody, indicative of the association of this protein with the Ubi-L receptor complex. Amino acid sequence analysis of the 82-kDa polypeptide revealed that the Ubi-L receptor may be a member of a cytokine receptor family.

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