Interactions between β2-syntrophin and a family of microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinases

C Lumeng, S Phelps, GE Crawford, PD Walden… - Nature …, 1999 - nature.com
Nature neuroscience, 1999nature.com
A screen for proteins that interact with β2-syntrophin led to the isolation of MAST205
(microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinase-205 kD) and a newly identified homologue,
SAST (syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase). Binding studies showed that β2-
syntrophin and MAST205/SAST associated via a PDZ–PDZ domain interaction. MAST205
colocalized with β2-syntrophin and utrophin at neuromuscular junctions. SAST colocalized
with syntrophin in cerebral vasculature, spermatic acrosomes and neuronal processes …
Abstract
A screen for proteins that interact with β2-syntrophin led to the isolation of MAST205 (microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinase-205 kD) and a newly identified homologue, SAST (syntrophin-associated serine/threonine kinase). Binding studies showed that β2-syntrophin and MAST205/SAST associated via a PDZ–PDZ domain interaction. MAST205 colocalized with β2-syntrophin and utrophin at neuromuscular junctions. SAST colocalized with syntrophin in cerebral vasculature, spermatic acrosomes and neuronal processes. SAST and syntrophin were highly associated with purified microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins, whereas utrophin and dystrophin were only partially associated with microtubules. Our data suggest that MAST205 and SAST link the dystrophin/utrophin network with microtubule filaments via the syntrophins.
nature.com