Identification of functional residues on Caenorhabditis elegans actin-interacting protein 1 (UNC-78) for disassembly of actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin-bound actin filaments

Actin-interacting protein 1 (AIP1) is a WD40 repeat protein that enhances actin filament disassembly in the presence of actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin. AIP1 also caps the barbed end of ADF/cofilin-bound actin filament. However, the mechanism by which AIP1 interacts with ADF/cofilin and actin is not clearly understood. We determined the crystal structure of Caenorhabditis elegans AIP1 (UNC-78), which revealed 14 WD40 modules arranged in two seven-bladed beta-propeller domains. The structure allowed for the mapping of conserved surface residues, and mutagenesis studies identified five residues that affected the ADF/cofilin-dependent actin filament disassembly activity. Mutations of these residues, which reside in blades 3 and 4 in the N-terminal propeller domain, had significant effects on the disassembly activity but did not alter the barbed end capping activity. These data support a model in which this conserved surface of AIP1 plays a direct role in enhancing fragmentation/depolymerization of ADF/cofilin-bound actin filaments but not in barbed end capping.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2004

Erschienen:

2004

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:279

Enthalten in:

The Journal of biological chemistry - 279(2004), 30 vom: 23. Juli, Seite 31697-707

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mohri, Kurato [VerfasserIn]
Vorobiev, Sergeui [VerfasserIn]
Fedorov, Alexander A [VerfasserIn]
Almo, Steven C [VerfasserIn]
Ono, Shoichiro [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Actin Depolymerizing Factors
Actins
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
DNA Primers
Destrin
Journal Article
Microfilament Proteins
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Unc-78 protein, C elegans

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Date Completed 21.09.2004

Date Revised 06.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

PDB: 1NR0, 1PEV

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM148400493