IDENTIFICATION OF A RABPHILIN-3A-INTERACTING PROTEIN AS GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE-I IN PC12 CELLS

Rabphilin-3A is a putative target protein for Rab3A small GTP-binding protein which is implicated in neurotransmitter release. To identify a Rabphilin-3A-interacting protein, proteins were immunoprecipitated by an anti-Rabphilin-3A polyclonal antibody from the lysate of PC12 cells and subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by protein staining. Several proteins were coimmunoprecipitated with Rabphilin-3A and one of these proteins with a Mr of about 30 KDa was phosphorylated in intact PC12 cells stimulated by high KCl. The amino acid sequence analysis of this 30 KDa protein revealed that it is GTP cyclohydrolase I. (C) Academic Press, Inc.