C. Neuveut et al., DIVERGENT SUBCELLULAR LOCATIONS OF HTLV-I TAX AND INT-6 - A CONTRAST BETWEEN IN-VITRO PROTEIN-PROTEIN BINDING AND INTRACELLULAR PROTEIN COLOCALIZATION, Journal of biomedical science, 4(5), 1997, pp. 229-234
Protein-protein interactions define many important molecular and cellu
lar processes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic biology. In trying to deli
neate the contact between two proteins, the yeast two-hybrid assay has
emerged as a powerful technique. Complementing the yeast two-hybrid a
ssay are in vitro techniques (e.g. GST-fusion-protein chromatography)
that can also yield information on protein-protein associations. Howev
er, unambiguous functional significance to these interactions is best
supported through a finding of colocalization of two proteins inside c
ells. In instances where two proteins interact in vitro but have diver
gent localizations within cells one needs to reconsider the biological
importance of the former finding. Here, we present evidence for diffe
rent subcellular locations of HTLV-I Tax and the Int-6 protein. We sug
gest a reexploration of the functional significance between Tax and In
t-6 in cellular transformation.