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Mammalian twinfilin sequesters ADP-G-actin and caps filament barbed ends: implications in motility.


ABSTRACT: Twinfilins are conserved actin-binding proteins composed of two actin depolymerizing factor homology (ADF-H) domains. Twinfilins are involved in diverse morphological and motile processes, but their mechanism of action has not been elucidated. Here, we show that mammalian twinfilin both sequesters ADP-G-actin and caps filament barbed ends with preferential affinity for ADP-bound ends. Twinfilin replaces capping protein and promotes motility of N-WASP functionalized beads in a biomimetic motility assay, indicating that the capping activity supports twinfilin's function in motility. Consistently, in vivo twinfilin localizes to actin tails of propelling endosomes. The ADP-actin-sequestering activity cooperates with the filament capping activity of twinfilin to finely regulate motility due to processive filament assembly catalyzed by formin-functionalized beads. The isolated ADF-H domains do not cap barbed ends nor promote motility, but sequester ADP-actin, the C-terminal domain showing the highest affinity. A structural model for binding of twinfilin to barbed ends is proposed based on the similar foldings of twinfilin ADF-H domains and gelsolin segments.

SUBMITTER: Helfer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1422163 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mammalian twinfilin sequesters ADP-G-actin and caps filament barbed ends: implications in motility.

Helfer Emmanuèle E   Nevalainen Elisa M EM   Naumanen Perttu P   Romero Stéphane S   Didry Dominique D   Pantaloni Dominique D   Lappalainen Pekka P   Carlier Marie-France MF  

The EMBO journal 20060302 6


Twinfilins are conserved actin-binding proteins composed of two actin depolymerizing factor homology (ADF-H) domains. Twinfilins are involved in diverse morphological and motile processes, but their mechanism of action has not been elucidated. Here, we show that mammalian twinfilin both sequesters ADP-G-actin and caps filament barbed ends with preferential affinity for ADP-bound ends. Twinfilin replaces capping protein and promotes motility of N-WASP functionalized beads in a biomimetic motility  ...[more]

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