Medical Faculty, Institute of Biochemistry I, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.
PLoS One. 2010 Nov 10;5(11):e15440. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015440.
Filamin and Cortexillin are F-actin crosslinking proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum allowing actin filaments to form three-dimensional networks. GAPA, an IQGAP related protein, is required for cytokinesis and localizes to the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis. Here we describe a novel interaction with Filamin which is required for cytokinesis and regulation of the F-actin content. The interaction occurs through the actin binding domain of Filamin and the GRD domain of GAPA. A similar interaction takes place with Cortexillin I. We further report that Filamin associates with Rac1a implying that filamin might act as a scaffold for small GTPases. Filamin and activated Rac associate with GAPA to regulate actin remodelling. Overexpression of filamin and GAPA in the various strains suggests that GAPA regulates the actin cytoskeleton through interaction with Filamin and that it controls cytokinesis through association with Filamin and Cortexillin.
纤连蛋白和皮质蛋白是盘基网柄菌中肌动蛋白交联蛋白,可使肌动蛋白丝形成三维网络。GAPA 是 IQGAP 相关蛋白,对于胞质分裂是必需的,并在胞质分裂期间定位于分裂沟。在这里,我们描述了与纤连蛋白的一种新的相互作用,这种相互作用对于胞质分裂和调节 F-肌动蛋白含量是必需的。这种相互作用发生在纤连蛋白的肌动蛋白结合域和 GAPA 的 GRD 域之间。与皮质蛋白 I 也发生类似的相互作用。我们进一步报告说,纤连蛋白与 Rac1a 相关联,这意味着纤连蛋白可能作为小 GTPase 的支架。纤连蛋白和激活的 Rac 与 GAPA 相关联以调节肌动蛋白重塑。在各种菌株中过表达纤连蛋白和 GAPA 表明,GAPA 通过与纤连蛋白的相互作用来调节肌动蛋白细胞骨架,并且通过与纤连蛋白和皮质蛋白的关联来控制胞质分裂。