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FMNL3 FH2-actin structure gives insight into formin-mediated actin nucleation and elongation.


ABSTRACT: Formins are actin-assembly factors that act in a variety of actin-based processes. The conserved formin homology 2 (FH2) domain promotes filament nucleation and influences elongation through interaction with the barbed end. FMNL3 is a formin that induces assembly of filopodia but whose FH2 domain is a poor nucleator. The 3.4-Å structure of a mouse FMNL3 FH2 dimer in complex with tetramethylrhodamine-actin uncovers details of formin-regulated actin elongation. We observe distinct FH2 actin-binding regions; interactions in the knob and coiled-coil subdomains are necessary for actin binding, whereas those in the lasso-post interface are important for the stepping mechanism. Biochemical and cellular experiments test the importance of individual residues for function. This structure provides details for FH2-mediated filament elongation by processive capping and supports a model in which C-terminal non-FH2 residues of FMNL3 are required to stabilize the filament nucleus.

SUBMITTER: Thompson ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3876896 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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FMNL3 FH2-actin structure gives insight into formin-mediated actin nucleation and elongation.

Thompson Morgan E ME   Heimsath Ernest G EG   Gauvin Timothy J TJ   Higgs Henry N HN   Kull F Jon FJ  

Nature structural & molecular biology 20121209 1


Formins are actin-assembly factors that act in a variety of actin-based processes. The conserved formin homology 2 (FH2) domain promotes filament nucleation and influences elongation through interaction with the barbed end. FMNL3 is a formin that induces assembly of filopodia but whose FH2 domain is a poor nucleator. The 3.4-Å structure of a mouse FMNL3 FH2 dimer in complex with tetramethylrhodamine-actin uncovers details of formin-regulated actin elongation. We observe distinct FH2 actin-bindin  ...[more]

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