McGough A, Chiu W, Way M
Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Biophys J. 1998 Feb;74(2 Pt 1):764-72. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74001-9.
Gelsolin is a six-domain protein that regulates actin assembly by severing, capping, and nucleating filaments. We have used electron cryomicroscopy and helical reconstruction to identify its binding site on F-actin. To obtain fully decorated filaments under severing conditions, we have studied a derivative (G2-6) that has a reduced severing efficiency compared to gelsolin. A three-dimensional reconstruction of G2-6:F-actin was obtained by electron cryomicroscopy and helical reconstruction. The structure shows that gelsolin bridges two longitudinally associated monomers when it binds the filament. The F-actin binding region of G2-6 is centered axially at subdomain 3 and radially between subdomains 1 and 3 of the upper actin monomer. Our results suggest that for severing to occur, both gelsolin and actin undergo large conformational changes.
凝溶胶蛋白是一种六结构域蛋白,通过切断、封端和成核细丝来调节肌动蛋白组装。我们利用电子冷冻显微镜和螺旋重建技术来确定其在F-肌动蛋白上的结合位点。为了在切断条件下获得完全修饰的细丝,我们研究了一种与凝溶胶蛋白相比切断效率降低的衍生物(G2-6)。通过电子冷冻显微镜和螺旋重建技术获得了G2-6:F-肌动蛋白的三维重建结构。该结构表明,凝溶胶蛋白结合细丝时会桥接两个纵向相关的单体。G2-6的F-肌动蛋白结合区域轴向位于上部肌动蛋白单体亚结构域3的中心,径向位于亚结构域1和3之间。我们的结果表明,为了发生切断,凝溶胶蛋白和肌动蛋白都会发生大的构象变化。