| First Author | Nagafuchi A | Year | 1991 |
| Journal | Cell | Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 5 | Pages | 849-57 |
| PubMed ID | 1904011 | Mgi Jnum | J:16355 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:64436 | Doi | 10.1016/0092-8674(91)90392-c |
| Citation | Nagafuchi A, et al. (1991) The 102 kd cadherin-associated protein: similarity to vinculin and posttranscriptional regulation of expression. Cell 65(5):849-57 |
| abstractText | The E-cadherin cell adhesion molecule is associated with cytoplasmic polypeptides, and this association is essential for its cell-binding function. Using isolated adherens junctions of the liver, we purified a 102 kd protein that can associate with E-cadherin (CAP102) and isolated cDNAs encoding this protein. Sequence analysis of the cDNAs revealed that this protein has a similarity to vinculin. L cells not expressing endogenous cadherin express the mRNA for CAP102 but have only a trace amount of CAP102 protein. Introducing exogenous E-cadherin into these cells, however, induced a high expression of CAP102 protein without affecting the amount of its mRNA, suggesting that there is a posttranscriptional regulatory mechanism for this molecule. The same effect was observed by introducing N- or P-cadherin into L cells. |
