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. 1995 Feb 1;305(Pt 3):725–728. doi: 10.1042/bj3050725

Identification of a substrate site for transglutaminases on the human protein synthesis initiation factor 5A.

S Beninati 1, L Nicolini 1, J Jakus 1, A Passeggio 1, A Abbruzzese 1
PMCID: PMC1136319  PMID: 7848270

Abstract

Protein synthesis initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) from human erythrocytes was found to be a substrate for both plasma transglutaminase (Factor XIIIa) and guinea pig liver transglutaminase (GPLTG). When purified eIF-5A was incubated with GPLTG or Factor XIIIa in the presence of succinylated beta-casein, a covalent complex was identified. By isolating and analysing the product of the transglutaminases (TGases) reaction, the site of modification on eIF-5A has been identified as the unique amino acid hypusine. The complex beta-casein.eIF-5A was enzymatically digested with proteinases and the predicted covalent cross-link of gamma-glutamyl-omega-hypusine was isolated from the digests by ion-exchange chromatography and purified by reversed-phase h.p.l.c. Acid hydrolysis of the purified dipeptide yielded equimolar amounts of hypusine and glutamic acid. Furthermore, fast atom bombardment m.s. analysis confirmed the isomer assignment to be gamma-glutamyl-omega-hypusine. These data indicate that hypusine-50 of the eIF-5A chain functions as acyl acceptor substrate for TGases, and reveal that eIF-5A may be cross-linked to intracellular proteins by TGases. Because the precise function of eIF-5A is still unknown, our results appear particularly stimulating in the light of the recent finding of a new biological role for this protein as a cellular factor binding specifically to the human immunodeficiency virus-1 Rev activation domain [Ruhl, Himmelspach, Bahr, Hammerschmid, Jaksche, Wolff, Auschauer, Farrington, Probst, Bevec and Hauber (1993) J. Cell Biol. 123, 1309-1320].

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