Qian Dong, Nan Qiong, Yang Yueming, Li Hui, Zhou Yuelong, Zhu Jingen, Bai Qifeng, Zhang Pan, An Lizhe, Xiang Yun
MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
PLoS One. 2015 Nov 20;10(11):e0143174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143174. eCollection 2015.
The villin/gelsolin/fragmin superfamily is a major group of Ca2+-dependent actin-binding proteins (ABPs) involved in various cellular processes. Members of this superfamily typically possess three or six tandem gelsolin-like (G) domains, and each domain plays a distinct role in actin filament dynamics. Although the activities of most G domains have been characterized, the biochemical function of the G3 domain remains poorly understood. In this study, we carefully compared the detailed biochemical activities of ABP29 (a new member of this family that contains the G1-G2 domains of lily ABP135) and ABP135G1-G3 (which contains the G1-G3 domains of lily ABP135). In the presence of high Ca2+ levels in vitro (200 and 10 μM), ABP135G1-G3 exhibited greater actin severing and/or depolymerization and nucleating activities than ABP29, and these proteins had similar actin capping activities. However, in the presence of low levels of Ca2+ (41 nM), ABP135G1-G3 had a weaker capping activity than ABP29. In addition, ABP29 inhibited F-actin depolymerization, as shown by dilution-mediated depolymerization assay, differing from the typical superfamily proteins. In contrast, ABP135G1-G3 accelerated F-actin depolymerization. All of these results demonstrate that the G3 domain plays specific roles in regulating the activities of the lily villin/gelsolin/fragmin superfamily proteins.
绒毛蛋白/凝溶胶蛋白/丝切蛋白超家族是一类主要的钙依赖性肌动蛋白结合蛋白(ABP),参与多种细胞过程。该超家族成员通常拥有三个或六个串联的凝溶胶蛋白样(G)结构域,每个结构域在肌动蛋白丝动力学中发挥着独特作用。尽管大多数G结构域的活性已得到表征,但G3结构域的生化功能仍知之甚少。在本研究中,我们仔细比较了ABP29(该家族的一个新成员,包含百合ABP135的G1 - G2结构域)和ABP135G1 - G3(包含百合ABP135的G1 - G3结构域)的详细生化活性。在体外高钙水平(200和10 μM)下,ABP135G1 - G3比ABP29表现出更强的肌动蛋白切断和/或解聚以及成核活性,并且这些蛋白具有相似的肌动蛋白封端活性。然而,在低钙水平(41 nM)下,ABP135G1 - G3的封端活性比ABP29弱。此外,如稀释介导的解聚试验所示,ABP29抑制F - 肌动蛋白解聚,这与典型的超家族蛋白不同。相反,ABP135G1 - G3加速F - 肌动蛋白解聚。所有这些结果表明,G3结构域在调节百合绒毛蛋白/凝溶胶蛋白/丝切蛋白超家族蛋白的活性中发挥着特定作用。