Organization of the Laminin Polymer Node
| Autor: | Peter D. Yurchenco, Erhard Hohenester, Karen K. McKee, Maya Aleksandrova |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Wellcome Trust |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
musculoskeletal diseases Basement membrane Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Polymers Article law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Laminin law medicine Morphogenesis Molecular Biology chemistry.chemical_classification biology ln mutations Chemistry self-assembly Polymer 06 Biological Sciences image averaging Basement membrane assembly body regions Crystallography 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Polymerization 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Mutation biology.protein Self-assembly triskelion Electron microscope NODAL |
| Zdroj: | Matrix Biol |
| Popis: | Laminin polymerization is a key step of basement membrane assembly that depends on the binding of α, β and γ N-terminal LN domains to form a polymer node. Nodal assembly can be divided into two steps consisting of β- and γ-LN dimerization followed by calcium-dependent addition of the α-LN domain. The assembly and structural organization of laminin-111 LN-LEa segments was examined by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and electron microscopy. Triskelion-like structures were observed in negatively-stained images of purified α1/β1/γ1 LN-LEa trimers. Image averaging of these revealed a heel-to-toe organization of the LN domains with angled outward projections of the LEa stem-like domains. A series of single-amino acid substitutions was introduced into the polymerization faces of the α1, β1 and γ1 LN domains followed by SEC analysis to distinguish between loss of β-γ mediated dimerization and loss of α-dependent trimerization (with intact β-γ dimers). Dimer-blocking mutations were confined to the γ1-toe and the β1-heel, whereas the trimer-only-blocking mutations mapped to the γ1-heel, β1-toe and the α1-toe and heel. Thus, in the polymer node the γ1-toe pairs with the β1-heel, the β1-toe pairs with the α1-heel, and the α1-toe pairs with the γ1-heel. |
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