The gelsolin:calponin complex nucleates actin filaments with distinct morphologies

Autor: Bastien Seantier, Imen Ferjani, Abdellatif Fattoum, Mohamed Manai, Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet, Nadir Bettache, Claude Roustan, Yves Benyamin, Sutherland K. Maciver
Přispěvatelé: Dynamique des interactions membranaires normales et pathologiques (DIMNP), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles de Tunis (FST), Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM)-Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Centre de recherche en Biologie Cellulaire (CRBM), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1), Centre de Biochimie Structurale [Montpellier] (CBS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Elsevier, 2010, 392 (2), pp.118-23. ⟨10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.103⟩
ISSN: 1090-2104
0006-291X
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.103⟩
Popis: International audience; Gelsolin and calponin are cytoskeletal and signalling proteins that form a tight 1:1 complex (GCC). We show that calponin within the GCC inhibits the rate of gelsolin mediated nucleation of actin polymerization. The actin-binding function of calponin is ablated within the GCC as the actin-binding site overlaps with one of the gelsolin binding sites. The structure of filaments that result from nucleation by GCC are different to those nucleated by gelsolin alone in that they are longer, loosely bundled and stain heterogeneously with phalloidin. GCC nucleated filaments appear contorted and wrap around each to form the loose bundles.
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