Structural highlights
Function
FGF13_HUMAN Microtubule-binding protein which directly binds tubulin and is involved in both polymerization and stabilization of microtubules. Through its action on microtubules, may participate to the refinement of axons by negatively regulating axonal and leading processes branching. Plays a crucial role in neuron polarization and migration in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus.[1] May regulate voltage-gated sodium channels transport and function.[2] May also play a role in MAPK signaling.[3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Ca(2+) regulates voltage-gated Na(+) (NaV) channels, and perturbed Ca(2+) regulation of NaV function is associated with epilepsy syndromes, autism and cardiac arrhythmias. Understanding the disease mechanisms, however, has been hindered by a lack of structural information and competing models for how Ca(2+) affects NaV channel function. Here we report the crystal structures of two ternary complexes of a human NaV cytosolic C-terminal domain (CTD), a fibroblast growth factor homologous factor and Ca(2+)/calmodulin (Ca(2+)/CaM). These structures rule out direct binding of Ca(2+) to the NaV CTD and uncover new contacts between CaM and the NaV CTD. Probing these new contacts with biochemical and functional experiments allows us to propose a mechanism by which Ca(2+) could regulate NaV channels. Further, our model provides hints towards understanding the molecular basis of the neurologic disorders and cardiac arrhythmias caused by NaV channel mutations.
Structural analyses of Ca(2+)/CaM interaction with NaV channel C-termini reveal mechanisms of calcium-dependent regulation.,Wang C, Chung BC, Yan H, Wang HG, Lee SY, Pitt GS Nat Commun. 2014 Sep 18;5:4896. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5896. PMID:25232683[4]
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References
- ↑ Wittmack EK, Rush AM, Craner MJ, Goldfarb M, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2B: association with Nav1.6 and selective colocalization at nodes of Ranvier of dorsal root axons. J Neurosci. 2004 Jul 28;24(30):6765-75. PMID:15282281 doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1628-04.2004
- ↑ Wittmack EK, Rush AM, Craner MJ, Goldfarb M, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2B: association with Nav1.6 and selective colocalization at nodes of Ranvier of dorsal root axons. J Neurosci. 2004 Jul 28;24(30):6765-75. PMID:15282281 doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1628-04.2004
- ↑ Wittmack EK, Rush AM, Craner MJ, Goldfarb M, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2B: association with Nav1.6 and selective colocalization at nodes of Ranvier of dorsal root axons. J Neurosci. 2004 Jul 28;24(30):6765-75. PMID:15282281 doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1628-04.2004
- ↑ Wang C, Chung BC, Yan H, Wang HG, Lee SY, Pitt GS. Structural analyses of Ca(2+)/CaM interaction with NaV channel C-termini reveal mechanisms of calcium-dependent regulation. Nat Commun. 2014 Sep 18;5:4896. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5896. PMID:25232683 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5896
