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Aip1p Dynamics Are Altered by the R256H Mutation in Actin
Published on: July 30, 2014
アクチンイソフォームの微分アルギニレーションは,配列依存分解のコーディングによって調節されます
Fangliang Zhang1, Sougata Saha, Svetlana A Shabalina
1Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
まとめ
アクチンタンパク質のアルギニレーションは,その安定性に影響を及ぼします. アルギニル化されたガンマアクチンは,ベータアクチンとは異なり,その翻訳速度により急速に分解され,新しいタンパク質調節機構を明らかにします.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- 哺乳類のβ-およびガンマ-アクチンは同類の細胞骨格タンパク質である.
- ベータアクチンだけが,その機能を調節するプロセスであるアミノ末端アルギニレーションを vivo で受けます.
研究 の 目的:
- 外因的に発現するアルジニル化および非アルジニル化アクチン単体形態の代謝運命を調査する.
- アルジニル化アクチン単体形態の微分安定性の基礎となるメカニズムを解明する.
主な方法:
- アルジニル化および非アルジニル化βおよびガンマアクチン単体形態の発現.
- タンパク質の安定性,ユビキチン化,および分解経路のインビボ分析.
主要な成果:
- アルギニル化されたガンマアクチンは,ベータアクチンとは対照的に,高い不安定性と選択的なユビキチン化および分解をインビヴォで示した.
- アクチンイソフォームの間の核酸コード配列の違いにより,異なった変換率が生じた.
- ガンマアクチンの翻訳が遅くなると,ライシン残基がユビキチネーションに曝され,アルギニレーション時の分解を標的とした.
結論:
- 安定性に対するタンパク質アルギニル化の影響は,同位体特異の変換率によって調節されます.
- 新しい分解メカニズムは,ニュクレオチドのコーディングシーケンス,トランスレーション速度,およびタンパク質アルギニレーションをリンクします.
- この経路は,タンパク質のアルギニレーションを in vivo で制御するメカニズムとして機能する可能性があります.
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Actin Polymerization and Cell Motility
Actin is a family of globular proteins that are highly abundant in eukaryotic cells. It makes up approximately 1-5% of total cell protein concentration. Actin monomers polymerize to form a complex network of polarized filaments, the actin cytoskeleton, that plays a crucial role in many cellular processes, including cell motility, division, endocytosis, and metastasis of cancer cells.
Actin cytoskeleton dynamics can produce pushing, pulling, and resistance forces that help the cell to migrate.
Actin cytoskeleton dynamics can produce pushing, pulling, and resistance forces that help the cell to migrate.
Introduction to Actin
Actin is a highly conserved cytoskeletal protein found abundantly in eukaryotic cells. It constitutes 10% weight of the total cellular protein in muscle cells, while in non-muscle cells, it is lower and makes up around 1–5 percent of the total cell protein. Actin found in the unicellular amoebae and complex multicellular animals is around 80% similar, demonstrating their conservation over a billion years of evolution. Actin coding genes are conserved within species and across different species.
Regulated Protein Degradation
It is vital to regulate the activity of enzymatic as well as non-enzymatic proteins inside the cell. This can be achieved either through creating a balance between their rate of synthesis and degradation or regulating the intrinsic activity of the protein. Both these regulation mechanisms play an essential role in the normal functioning of cells.
Protein degradation plays two important roles in the cells. It helps to protect cells from misfolded or damaged proteins before they lead to a...
Protein degradation plays two important roles in the cells. It helps to protect cells from misfolded or damaged proteins before they lead to a...
Regulated Protein Degradation
It is vital to regulate the activity of enzymatic as well as non-enzymatic proteins inside the cell. This can be achieved either through creating a balance between their rate of synthesis and degradation or regulating the intrinsic activity of the protein. Both these regulation mechanisms play an essential role in the normal functioning of cells.
Protein degradation plays two important roles in the cells. It helps to protect cells from misfolded or damaged proteins before they lead to a...
Protein degradation plays two important roles in the cells. It helps to protect cells from misfolded or damaged proteins before they lead to a...
Actin Filament Depolymerization
Actin filaments (F-actin) are composed of actin subunits. The dissociation of actin monomers can occur from either end of F-actin. The rate of dissociation is faster from the minus-end or the pointed end, where the actin subunits exist with a bound ADP, together known as ADP-actin. The depolymerization of F-actin is aided by proteins, including the actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF) and cofilin family of proteins, gelsolin, and glia maturation factor (GMF).
In F-actin, the ADF/cofilin proteins...
In F-actin, the ADF/cofilin proteins...
Covalently Linked Protein Regulators
Proteins can undergo many types of post-translational modifications, often in response to changes in their environment. These modifications play an important role in the function and stability of these proteins. Covalently linked molecules include functional groups, such as methyl, acetyl, and phosphate groups, and also small proteins, such as ubiquitin. There are around 200 different types of covalent regulators that have been identified.
These groups modify specific amino acids in a protein.
These groups modify specific amino acids in a protein.

