First Author | Savinova OV | Year | 2009 |
Journal | Mol Cell | Volume | 34 |
Issue | 5 | Pages | 591-602 |
PubMed ID | 19524538 | Mgi Jnum | J:150422 |
Mgi Id | MGI:3850760 | Doi | 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.04.033 |
Citation | Savinova OV, et al. (2009) The Nfkb1 and Nfkb2 proteins p105 and p100 function as the core of high-molecular-weight heterogeneous complexes. Mol Cell 34(5):591-602 |
abstractText | Nfkb1 and Nfkb2 proteins p105 and p100 serve both as NF-kappaB precursors and inhibitors of NF-kappaB dimers. In a biochemical characterization of endogenous cytoplasmic and purified recombinant proteins, we found that p105 and p100 assemble into high-molecular-weight complexes that contribute to the regulation of all NF-kappaB isoforms. Unlike the classical inhibitors IkappaBalpha, -beta, and -epsilon, high-molecular-weight complexes of p105 and p100 proteins bind NF-kappaB subunits in two modes: through direct dimerization of Rel homology domain-containing NF-kappaB polypeptides and through interactions of the p105 and p100 ankyrin repeats with preformed NF-kappaB dimers, thereby mediating the bona fide IkappaB activities, IkappaBgamma and IkappaBdelta. Our biochemical evidence suggests an assembly pathway in which kinetic mechanisms control NF-kappaB dimer formation via processing and assembly of large complexes that contain IkappaB activities. |