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Conformation of a clathrin triskelion in solution.

ABSTRACT: A principal component in the protein coats of certain post-golgi and endocytic vesicles is clathrin, which appears as a three-legged heteropolymer (known as a triskelion) that assembles into polyhedral cages principally made up of pentagonal and hexagonal faces. In vitro, this assembly depends upon the pH, with cages forming more readily at low pH and less readily at high pH. We have developed procedures, on the basis of static and dynamic light scattering, to determine the radius of gyration, R(g), and hydrodynamic radius, R(H), of isolated triskelia, under conditions where cage assembly occurs. Calculations based on rigid molecular bead models of a triskelion show that the measured values can be accounted for by bending the legs and a puckering at the vertex. We also show that the values of R(g) and R(H) measured for clathrin triskelia in solution are qualitatively consistent with the conformation of a triskelion in a "D6 barrel" cage assembly measured by cryoelectron microscopy.

SUBMITTER: Ferguson ML

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4469183 | biostudies-literature | 2006 May

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Conformation of a clathrin triskelion in solution.

Ferguson Matthew L ML Prasad Kondury K Sackett Dan L DL Boukari Hacène H Lafer Eileen M EM Nossal Ralph R

Biochemistry 20060501 18

A principal component in the protein coats of certain post-golgi and endocytic vesicles is clathrin, which appears as a three-legged heteropolymer (known as a triskelion) that assembles into polyhedral cages principally made up of pentagonal and hexagonal faces. In vitro, this assembly depends upon the pH, with cages forming more readily at low pH and less readily at high pH. We have developed procedures, on the basis of static and dynamic light scattering, to determine the radius of gyration, R ...[more]

PMID: 16669634

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