AKAP350 is a multiply spliced family of 350 -450-kDa protein kinase A-anchoring proteins localized to the centrosomes and the Golgi apparatus. Using AKAP350A as bait in a yeast two-hybrid screen of a rabbit parietal cell library, we have identified a novel AKAP350-interacting protein, transforming acidic coiled-coil-containing protein 4 (TACC4). Two-hybrid binary assays demonstrate interaction of both TACC3 and TACC4 with AKAP350A and AKAP350B. Antibodies raised to a TACC4-specific peptide sequence colocalize TACC4 with AKAP350 at the centrosome in interphase Jurkat cells. Mitotic cell staining reveals translocation of TACC4 from the centrosome to the spindle apparatus with the majority of TACC4 at the spindle poles. Truncated TACC4 proteins lacking the AKAP350 minimal binding domain found in the carboxyl coiled-coil region of TACC4 could no longer target to the centrosome. Aminotruncated TACC4 proteins could no longer target to the spindle apparatus. Further, overexpression of TACC4 fusion proteins that retained spindle localization in mitotic cells resulted in an increased proportion of cells present in prometaphase. We propose that AKAP350 is responsible for sequestration of TACC4 to the centrosome in interphase, whereas a separate TACC4 domain results in functional localization of TACC4 to the spindle apparatus in mitotic cells.

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The protein kinase A-anchoring proteins (AKAPs) are defined by their ability to scaffold protein kinase A to specific subcellular compartments. Each of the AKAP family members utilizes unique targeting domains specific for a particular subcellular compartment. AKAP350 is a multiply spliced AKAP family member localized to the centrosome and the Golgi apparatus. Three splicing events in the carboxyl terminus of AKAP350 generate the AKAP350A, AKAP350B, and AKAP350C proteins. A monoclonal antibody recognizing all three splice variants as well as a polyclonal antibody specific for AKAP350A demonstrated both centrosomal and Golgi apparatus staining in paraformaldehyde-fixed HCA-7 cells. Golgi apparatus-associated AKAP350A staining was dispersed following brefeldin A treatment. Using GFP chimeric constructs of the carboxyl-terminal regions of AKAP350A, a Golgi apparatus targeting domain was identified between amino acids 3259 and 3307 of AKAP350A. This domain was functionally distinguishable from the recently described centrosomal targeting domain (PACT domain, amino acids 3308 -3324) located adjacent to the Golgi targeting domain. These data definitively establish the specific association of AKAP350A with the Golgi apparatus in HCA-7 cells.

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