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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Many actin binding proteins have a modular architecture, and calponin-homology (CH) domains are one such structurally conserved module found in numerous proteins that interact with F-actin. The manner in which CH-domains bind F-actin has been controversial. Using cryo-EM and a single-particle approach to helical reconstruction, we have generated 12-A-resolution maps of F-actin alone and F-actin decorated with a fragment of human fimbrin (L-plastin) containing tandem CH-domains. The high resolution allows an unambiguous fit of the crystal structure of fimbrin into the map. The interaction between fimbrin ABD2 (actin binding domain 2) and F-actin is different from any interaction previously observed or proposed for tandem CH-domain proteins, showing that the structural conservation of the CH-domains does not lead to a conserved mode of interaction with F-actin. Both the stapling of adjacent actin protomers and the additional closure of the nucleotide binding cleft in F-actin when the fimbrin fragment binds may explain how fimbrin can stabilize actin filaments. A mechanism is proposed where ABD1 of fimbrin becomes activated for binding a second actin filament after ABD2 is bound to a first filament, and this can explain how mutations of residues buried in the interface between ABD2 and ABD1 can rescue temperature-sensitive defects in actin.
High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the F-actin-fimbrin/plastin ABD2 complex.,Galkin VE, Orlova A, Cherepanova O, Lebart MC, Egelman EH Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 5;105(5):1494-8. Epub 2008 Jan 30. PMID:18234857[1]
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↑Galkin VE, Orlova A, Cherepanova O, Lebart MC, Egelman EH. High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the F-actin-fimbrin/plastin ABD2 complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 5;105(5):1494-8. Epub 2008 Jan 30. PMID:18234857
