The beta-thymosin/WH2 fold: multifunctionality and structure.

作者: R. DOMINGUEZ

DOI: 10.1196/ANNALS.1415.011

关键词:

摘要: Remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton in cells is tightly regulated by a vast number actin-binding proteins (ABPs). These interact with via limited set conserved folding motifs. One most abundant motifs beta-thymosin fold, represented prototypical actin-monomer sequestering protein thymosin-beta4. Among many cytoskeletal proteins, fold adopts shorter form, known as WASP homology domain 2. Some characteristic features beta-thymosin/WH2 include its small size (17-43 aa), significant sequence and length variability, frequent occurrence form tandem repeats, remarkable multifunctionality. This paper discusses relationship between structure function on basis four examples: (1) monomer sequestration (thymosin-beta4), (2) filament nucleation (WASP-Arp2/3 complex, Lmod, spire), (3) elongation (Ena/VASP), (4) scaffolding (IRSp53 MIM). Although core all these binding, specific changes modular organization which it found give rise to diverse functions regulation dynamics.

参考文章(29)
Hiroaki Miki, Hideki Yamaguchi, Shiro Suetsugu, Tadaomi Takenawa, IRSp53 is an essential intermediate between Rac and WAVE in the regulation of membrane ruffling Nature. ,vol. 408, pp. 732- 735 ,(2000) , 10.1038/35047107
Edward Irobi, Leslie D. Burtnick, Dunja Urosev, Kartik Narayan, Robert C. Robinson, From the first to the second domain of gelsolin: a common path on the surface of actin?1 FEBS Letters. ,vol. 552, pp. 86- 90 ,(2003) , 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00934-7
Daniel Safer, Tobin R. Sosnick, Marshall Elzinga, Thymosin beta 4 binds actin in an extended conformation and contacts both the barbed and pointed ends. Biochemistry. ,vol. 36, pp. 5806- 5816 ,(1997) , 10.1021/BI970185V
Robert S. Fischer, Velia M. Fowler, Tropomodulins: life at the slow end. Trends in Cell Biology. ,vol. 13, pp. 593- 601 ,(2003) , 10.1016/J.TCB.2003.09.007
Erin D. Goley, Matthew D. Welch, The ARP2/3 complex: an actin nucleator comes of age Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. ,vol. 7, pp. 713- 726 ,(2006) , 10.1038/NRM2026
Rosa Gonzalez-Quevedo, Marina Shoffer, Lily Horng, Anthony E. Oro, Receptor tyrosine phosphatase-dependent cytoskeletal remodeling by the hedgehog-responsive gene MIM/BEG4. Journal of Cell Biology. ,vol. 168, pp. 453- 463 ,(2005) , 10.1083/JCB.200409078
Edward Irobi, Adeleke H Aguda, Mårten Larsson, Christophe Guerin, Helen L Yin, Leslie D Burtnick, Laurent Blanchoin, Robert C Robinson, Structural basis of actin sequestration by thymosin-β4: implications for WH2 proteins The EMBO Journal. ,vol. 23, pp. 3599- 3608 ,(2004) , 10.1038/SJ.EMBOJ.7600372
Alla S. Kostyukova, Andy Choy, Brian A. Rapp, Tropomodulin Binds Two Tropomyosins:  A Novel Model for Actin Filament Capping† Biochemistry. ,vol. 45, pp. 12068- 12075 ,(2006) , 10.1021/BI060899I
Pieta K. Mattila, Marjo Salminen, Takashi Yamashiro, Pekka Lappalainen, Mouse MIM, a Tissue-specific Regulator of Cytoskeletal Dynamics, Interacts with ATP-Actin Monomers through Its C-terminal WH2 Domain Journal of Biological Chemistry. ,vol. 278, pp. 8452- 8459 ,(2003) , 10.1074/JBC.M212113200
Guillaume Bompard, Stewart J Sharp, Gilles Freiss, Laura M Machesky, Involvement of Rac in actin cytoskeleton rearrangements induced by MIM-B. Journal of Cell Science. ,vol. 118, pp. 5393- 5403 ,(2005) , 10.1242/JCS.02640