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. 2002 Aug 30;277(35):32253-7.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M204410200. Epub 2002 Jun 20.

Functional conservation for lipid storage droplet association among Perilipin, ADRP, and TIP47 (PAT)-related proteins in mammals, Drosophila, and Dictyostelium

Shinji Miura  1 , Jai-Wei Gan, Joseph Brzostowski, Michael J Parisi, Charles J Schultz, Constantine Londos, Brian Oliver, Alan R Kimmel
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Functional conservation for lipid storage droplet association among Perilipin, ADRP, and TIP47 (PAT)-related proteins in mammals, Drosophila, and Dictyostelium

Shinji Miura et al. J Biol Chem. .
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Abstract

Intracellular neutral lipid storage droplets are essential organelles of eukaryotic cells, yet little is known about the proteins at their surfaces or about the amino acid sequences that target proteins to these storage droplets. The mammalian proteins Perilipin, ADRP, and TIP47 share extensive amino acid sequence similarity, suggesting a common function. However, while Perilipin and ADRP localize exclusively to neutral lipid storage droplets, an association of TIP47 with intracellular lipid droplets has been controversial. We now show that GFP-tagged TIP47 co-localizes with isolated intracellular lipid droplets. We have also detected a close juxtaposition of TIP47 with the surfaces of lipid storage droplets using antibodies that specifically recognize TIP47, further indicating that TIP47 associates with intracellular lipid storage droplets. Finally, we show that related proteins from species as diverse as Drosophila and Dictyostelium can also target mammalian or Drosophila lipid droplet surfaces in vivo. Thus, sequence and/or structural elements within this evolutionarily ancient protein family are necessary and sufficient to direct association to heterologous intracellular lipid droplet surfaces, strongly indicating that they have a common function for lipid deposition and/or mobilization.

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