A calcium- and pH-regulated protein from Dictyostelium discoideum that cross-links actin filaments
A calcium- and pH-regulated protein from Dictyostelium discoideum that cross-links actin filaments
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来自盘基网柄菌的钙和 pH 调节蛋白,可交联肌动蛋白丝
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
Maryanne Vahey
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作者:
J. Condeelis;Maryanne Vahey
We have purified an actin binding protein from amebas of Dictyostelium discoideum which we call 95,000-dalton protein (95K). This protein is rod shaped, approximately 40 nm long in the electron microscope, contains two subunits measuring 95,000 daltons each, and cross-links actin filaments. Cross-linking activity was demonstrated by using falling-ball viscometry, Ostwald viscometry, and electron microscopy. Cross-linking activity is optimal at 0.1 microM Ca++ and pH 6.8, but is progressively inhibited at higher Ca++ and pH levels over a physiological range. Half-maximal inhibition occurs at 1.6 microM free Ca++ and pH 7.3, respectively. Sedimentation experiments demonstrate that elevated Ca++ and pH inhibit the binding of 95K to F-actin which explains the loss of cross-linking activity. Electron microscopy demonstrates that under optimal conditions for cross-linking, 95K protein bundles actin filaments and that this bundling is inhibited by microM Ca++. Severing of actin filaments by 95K was not observed in any of the various assays under any of the solution conditions used. Hence, 95K protein is a rod-shaped, dimeric, Ca++- and pH-regulated actin binding protein that cross-links but does not sever actin filaments.
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发表时间:
1981
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
Pollard,TD
通讯作者:
Pollard,TD