| Structural highlights
3mn6 is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Drosophila melanogaster. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
| | Ligands: | , |
| NonStd Res: | |
| Related: | 2hf4, 3mmv, 3mn5, 3mn7, 3mn9 |
| Gene: | Act5C, CG4027 (Drosophila melanogaster), spir, p150-Spir, CG10076 (Drosophila melanogaster) |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum |
Function
[ACT1_DROME] Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in various types of cell motility and are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic cells. Multiple isoforms are involved in various cellular functions such as cytoskeleton structure, cell mobility, chromosome movement and muscle contraction. [SPIR_DROME] Acts as an actin nucleation factor, remains associated with the slow-growing pointed end of the new filament. Promotes dissociation of capu from the barbed end of actin filaments. Involved in intracellular vesicle transport along actin fibers, providing a novel link between actin cytoskeleton dynamics and intracellular transport. Required for localization of determinants within the developing oocyte to the posterior pole and to the dorsal anterior corner. Links Rho family signaling and Jnk function to the actin cytoskeleton.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Three classes of proteins are known to nucleate new filaments: the Arp2/3 complex, formins, and the third group of proteins that contain ca. 25 amino acid long actin-binding Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein homology 2 domains, called the WH2 repeats. Crystal structures of the complexes between the actin-binding WH2 repeats of the Spire protein and actin were determined for the Spire single WH2 domain D, the double (SpirCD), triple (SpirBCD), quadruple (SpirABCD) domains, and an artificial Spire WH2 construct comprising three identical D repeats (SpirDDD). SpirCD represents the minimal functional core of Spire that can nucleate actin filaments. Packing in the crystals of the actin complexes with SpirCD, SpirBCD, SpirABCD, and SpirDDD shows the presence of two types of assemblies, "side-to-side" and "straight-longitudinal," which can serve as actin filament nuclei. The principal feature of these structures is their loose, open conformations, in which the sides of actins that normally constitute the inner interface core of a filament are flipped inside out. These Spire structures are distant from those seen in the filamentous nuclei of Arp2/3, formins, and in the F-actin filament.
Structures of actin-bound Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein homology 2 (WH2) domains of Spire and the implication for filament nucleation.,Ducka AM, Joel P, Popowicz GM, Trybus KM, Schleicher M, Noegel AA, Huber R, Holak TA, Sitar T Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 29;107(26):11757-62. Epub 2010 Jun 10. PMID:20538977[6]
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See Also
References
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- ↑ Otto IM, Raabe T, Rennefahrt UE, Bork P, Rapp UR, Kerkhoff E. The p150-Spir protein provides a link between c-Jun N-terminal kinase function and actin reorganization. Curr Biol. 2000 Mar 23;10(6):345-8. PMID:10744979
- ↑ Quinlan ME, Heuser JE, Kerkhoff E, Mullins RD. Drosophila Spire is an actin nucleation factor. Nature. 2005 Jan 27;433(7024):382-8. PMID:15674283 doi:http://dx.doi.org/nature03241
- ↑ Ducka AM, Joel P, Popowicz GM, Trybus KM, Schleicher M, Noegel AA, Huber R, Holak TA, Sitar T. Structures of actin-bound Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein homology 2 (WH2) domains of Spire and the implication for filament nucleation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 29;107(26):11757-62. Epub 2010 Jun 10. PMID:20538977 doi:10.1073/pnas.1005347107
- ↑ Vizcarra CL, Kreutz B, Rodal AA, Toms AV, Lu J, Zheng W, Quinlan ME, Eck MJ. Structure and function of the interacting domains of Spire and Fmn-family formins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 19;108(29):11884-9. Epub 2011 Jul 5. PMID:21730168 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1105703108
- ↑ Ducka AM, Joel P, Popowicz GM, Trybus KM, Schleicher M, Noegel AA, Huber R, Holak TA, Sitar T. Structures of actin-bound Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein homology 2 (WH2) domains of Spire and the implication for filament nucleation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 29;107(26):11757-62. Epub 2010 Jun 10. PMID:20538977 doi:10.1073/pnas.1005347107
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