Recruitment of a Specific Amoeboid Myosin I Isoform to the Plasma Membrane in Chemotactic DictyosteliumCells
| Autor: | Margaret A. Titus, Graham P. Côté, Shunji Senda, Sheu Fen Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Protozoan Proteins
Myosins Biology MyoD Biochemistry Motor protein Cell Movement Myosin Animals Protein Isoforms Dictyostelium Molecular Biology Kinase Chemotaxis Molecular Motor Proteins Pinocytosis Cell Membrane Amino Acids Diamino Cell Biology Protein Structure Tertiary Cell biology Cytosol Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases Mutation Pseudopodia Protein Binding |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276:2898-2904 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9258 |
| DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.m008059200 |
| Popis: | The Dictyostelium class I myosins, MyoA, -B, -C, and -D, participate in plasma membrane-based cellular processes such as pseudopod extension and macropinocytosis. Given the existence of a high affinity membrane-binding site in the C-terminal tail domain of these motor proteins and their localized site of action at the cortical membrane-cytoskeleton, it was of interest to determine whether each myosin I was directly associated with the plasma membrane. The membrane association of a myosin I heavy chain kinase that regulates the activity of one of the class I myosins, MyoD was also examined. Cellular fractionation experiments revealed that the majority of the Dicyostelium MyoA, -B, -C and -D heavy chains and the kinase are cytosolic. However, a small, but significant, fraction (appr. 7. -15%) of each myosin I and the kinase was associated with the plasma membrane. The level of plasma membrane-associated MyoB, but neither that of MyoC nor MyoD, increases up to 2-fold in highly motile, streaming cells. These results indicate that Dictyostelium specifically recruits myoB to the plasma membrane during directed cell migration, consistent with its known role in pseudopod formation. |
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