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Structure of the mid-region of tropomyosin: bending and binding sites for actin.


ABSTRACT: Tropomyosin is a two-chain alpha-helical coiled coil whose periodic interactions with the F-actin helix are critical for thin filament stabilization and the regulation of muscle contraction. Here we deduce the mechanical and chemical basis of these interactions from the 2.3-A-resolution crystal structure of the middle three of tropomyosin's seven periods. Geometrically specific bends of the coiled coil, produced by clusters of core alanines, and variable bends about gaps in the core, produced by isolated alanines, occur along the molecule. The crystal packing is notable in signifying that the functionally important fifth period includes an especially favorable protein-binding site, comprising an unusual apolar patch on the surface together with surrounding charged residues. Based on these and other results, we have constructed a specific model of the thin filament, with the N-terminal halves of each period (i.e., the so-called "alpha zones") of tropomyosin axially aligned with subdomain 3 of each monomer in F-actin.

SUBMITTER: Brown JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1323185 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structure of the mid-region of tropomyosin: bending and binding sites for actin.

Brown Jerry H JH   Zhou Zhaocai Z   Reshetnikova Ludmilla L   Robinson Howard H   Yammani Rama D RD   Tobacman Larry S LS   Cohen Carolyn C  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20051219 52


Tropomyosin is a two-chain alpha-helical coiled coil whose periodic interactions with the F-actin helix are critical for thin filament stabilization and the regulation of muscle contraction. Here we deduce the mechanical and chemical basis of these interactions from the 2.3-A-resolution crystal structure of the middle three of tropomyosin's seven periods. Geometrically specific bends of the coiled coil, produced by clusters of core alanines, and variable bends about gaps in the core, produced by  ...[more]

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