LOCATION OF A PROTEIN OF THE FODRIN-SPECTRIN-TW260/240 FAMILY IN THE MOUSE INTESTINAL BRUSH-BORDER
LOCATION OF A PROTEIN OF THE FODRIN-SPECTRIN-TW260/240 FAMILY IN THE MOUSE INTESTINAL BRUSH-BORDER
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(83)90080-6
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
WILLARD, M
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作者:
HIROKAWA, N;CHENEY, RE;WILLARD, M
A protein of the fodrin-spectrin-TW260/240 (FST) family is apparently a component of the thin fibrils (.apprx. 5 nm wide, 100-200 nm long) that cross-link bundles of actin filaments to adjacent actin bundles and to the plasma membrane in the terminal web of the brush border of the intestinal epithelium. When isolated brush borders were incubated with anti-fodrin antibodies and prepared for EM by the quick-freeze, deep-etch technique, these .apprx. 5 nm fibrils were specifically decorated with the antibody. In addition, these cross-linking fibrils disappeared when the anti-fodrin-reactive proteins were extracted from the brush border. FST apparently is a component of a cross-linking system composed of .apprx. 5 nm fibrils that are morphologically distinct from the .apprx. 8 nm myosin-containing fibrils which were identified by antimyosin decoration. In addition to linking actin bundles to adjacent actin bundles and to the plasma membrane, these FST fibrils may mediate actin-vesicle, actin-intermediate filament and vesicle-plasma membrane linkages.