Solution Structure of glia maturation factor from Caenorhabditis elegansSolution Structure of glia maturation factor from Caenorhabditis elegans

Structural highlights

5ynr is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Caenorhabditis elegans. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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Function

Q8IAA5_CAEEL

Publication Abstract from PubMed

BACKGROUND: The GMF class of the ADF-H domain family proteins regulate actin dynamics by binding to the Arp2/3 complex and F-actin through their Site-1 and Site-2, respectively. CeGMF of C. elegans is analogous to GMFgamma of human and mouse and is 138 amino acids in length. METHODS: We have characterized the solution structure and dynamics of CeGMF by solution NMR spectroscopy and its thermal stability by DSC. RESULTS: The solution structure of CeGMF shows canonical ADF-H fold with two additional beta-strands in the beta4-beta5 loop region. The Site-1 of CeGMF is well formed and residues of all three regions of Site-1 show dynamic flexibility. However, the beta4-beta5 loop of Site-2 is less inclined towards the C-terminal, as the latter is truncated by four residues in comparison to GMF isoforms of human and mouse. Regions of Site-2 show motions on ns-ps timescale, but dynamic flexibility of beta4-beta5 loop is low in comparison to corresponding F-loop region of ADF/cofilin UNC-60B. A general difference in packing of alpha3 and alpha1 between GMF and ADF/cofilins was noticed. Additionally, thermal stability of CeGMF was significantly higher than its ADF/cofilin homologs. CONCLUSION: We have presented the first solution structure of GMF from C. elegans, which highlights the structural differences between the Site-2 of CeGMF and mammalian GMF isoforms. Further, we have seen the differences in structure, dynamics, and thermal stability of GMF and ADF/cofilin. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE: This study provides a useful insight to structural and dynamics factors that define the specificity of GMF towards Arp2/3 complex.

Solution structure and dynamics of glia maturation factor from Caenorhabditis elegans.,Maheshwari D, Shukla VK, Jain A, Tripathi S, Kumar D, Arora A Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2018 Jul 6;1866(10):1008-1020. doi:, 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.06.007. PMID:29981887[1]

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References

  1. Maheshwari D, Shukla VK, Jain A, Tripathi S, Kumar D, Arora A. Solution structure and dynamics of glia maturation factor from Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2018 Jul 6;1866(10):1008-1020. doi:, 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.06.007. PMID:29981887 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.06.007
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