Function

Obscurin (Obs) or KIAA1556 is a giant sarcomeric signalling protein expressed in striated muscles. Other giant proteins in the family include titin and nebulin. It is a multidomain protein containing adhesion modules and signaling domains. These domains include: 68 Ig domains, 2 fibronectin domains, 1 calcium/calmodulin-binding domain, 1 RhoGEF domain with PH domain and 2 serine/thereonine kinase domains.

Obscurin binds small ankyrin 1 which is part of the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane. It associates with the contractile apparatus via binding to titin and sarcomeric myosin. Obscurin is assumed to play a key role in modulating the organization and assembly of sarcomeric reticulum and the myofibril[1].

For more details see Group:MUZIC:Obscurin.

Disease

Mutations of Obs are found in hypertrophy cardiomyopathy[2].

Human obscurin of 32th IG-like domain residues 3184-3273 (PDB entry 2yz8)

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3D structures of obscurin3D structures of obscurin

17-August-2023

ReferencesReferences

  1. Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Catino DH, Strong JC, Sutter S, Borisov AB, Pumplin DW, Russell MW, Bloch RJ. Obscurin modulates the assembly and organization of sarcomeres and the sarcoplasmic reticulum. FASEB J. 2006 Oct;20(12):2102-11. PMID:17012262 doi:10.1096/fj.06-5761com
  2. Arimura T, Matsumoto Y, Okazaki O, Hayashi T, Takahashi M, Inagaki N, Hinohara K, Ashizawa N, Yano K, Kimura A. Structural analysis of obscurin gene in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Oct 19;362(2):281-7. Epub 2007 Aug 13. PMID:17716621 doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.183

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