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Willet AH, Chen JS, Ren L, Gould KL. Membrane binding of endocytic myosin-1s is inhibited by a class of ankyrin repeat proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2023; 34:br17. [PMID: 37531259 PMCID: PMC10559312 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e23-06-0233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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Myosin-1s are monomeric actin-based motors that function at membranes. Myo1 is the single myosin-1 isoform in Schizosaccharomyces pombe that works redundantly with Wsp1-Vrp1 to activate the Arp2/3 complex for endocytosis. Here, we identified Ank1 as an uncharacterized cytoplasmic Myo1 binding partner. We found that in ank1Δ cells, Myo1 dramatically redistributed from endocytic patches to decorate the entire plasma membrane and endocytosis was defective. Biochemical analysis and structural predictions suggested that the Ank1 ankyrin repeats bind the Myo1 lever arm and the Ank1 acidic tail binds the Myo1 TH1 domain to prevent TH1-dependent Myo1 membrane binding. Indeed, Ank1 overexpression precluded Myo1 membrane localization and recombinant Ank1 reduced purified Myo1 liposome binding in vitro. Based on biochemical and cell biological analyses, we propose budding yeast Ank1 and human OSTF1 are functional Ank1 orthologs and that cytoplasmic sequestration by small ankyrin repeat proteins is a conserved mechanism regulating myosin-1s in endocytosis.
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- Alaina H. Willet
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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Engevik MA, Engevik AC. Myosins and membrane trafficking in intestinal brush border assembly. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2022; 77:102117. [PMID: 35870341 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2022.102117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Myosins are a class of motors that participate in a wide variety of cellular functions including organelle transport, cell adhesion, endocytosis and exocytosis, movement of RNA, and cell motility. Among the emerging roles for myosins is regulation of the assembly, morphology, and function of actin protrusions such as microvilli. The intestine harbors an elaborate apical membrane composed of highly organized microvilli. Microvilli assembly and function are intricately tied to several myosins including Myosin 1a, non-muscle Myosin 2c, Myosin 5b, Myosin 6, and Myosin 7b. Here, we review the research progress made in our understanding of myosin mediated apical assembly.
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- Melinda A Engevik
- Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina.
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Cota Teixeira S, Silva Lopes D, Santos da Silva M, Cordero da Luz FA, Cirilo Gimenes SN, Borges BC, Alves da Silva A, Alves Martins F, Alves Dos Santos M, Teixeira TL, Oliveira RA, de Melo Rodrigues Ávila V, Barbosa Silva MJ, Elias MC, Martin R, Vieira da Silva C, Knölker HJ. Pentachloropseudilin Impairs Angiogenesis by Disrupting the Actin Cytoskeleton, Integrin Trafficking and the Cell Cycle. Chembiochem 2019; 20:2390-2401. [PMID: 31026110 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Class 1 myosins (Myo1s) were the first unconventional myosins identified and humans have eight known Myo1 isoforms. The Myo1 family is involved in the regulation of gene expression, cytoskeletal rearrangements, delivery of proteins to the cell surface, cell migration and spreading. Thus, the important role of Myo1s in different biological processes is evident. In this study, we have investigated the effects of pentachloropseudilin (PClP), a reversible and allosteric potent inhibitor of Myo1s, on angiogenesis. We demonstrated that treatment of cells with PClP promoted a decrease in the number of vessels. The observed inhibition of angiogenesis is likely to be related to the inhibition of cell proliferation, migration and adhesion, as well as to alteration of the actin cytoskeleton pattern, as shown on a PClP-treated HUVEC cell line. Moreover, we also demonstrated that PClP treatment partially prevented the delivery of integrins to the plasma membrane. Finally, we showed that PClP caused DNA strand breaks, which are probably repaired during the cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase. Taken together, our results suggest that Myo1s participate directly in the angiogenesis process.
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- Samuel Cota Teixeira
- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Multidisciplinary Institute of Health, Anísio Teixeira Campus, Federal University of Bahia, Rua Hormindo Barros, 58, Candeias, Vitória da Conquista, 45029-094, BA, Brazil
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- Special Laboratory of Cell Cycle (LECC), Center of Toxins, Immune Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Butantan Institute, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 - Butantã, São Paulo, 05503-900, SP, Brazil.,The Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Sir Graeme Davies Building, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Imunopathology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 - Butantã, São Paulo, 05503-900, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Medical School, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará, Bloco 2u, 1720 - Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará, 1720 - Bloco 2E - Sala(s) 246 - Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38405-320, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Special Laboratory of Cell Cycle (LECC), Center of Toxins, Immune Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Butantan Institute, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 - Butantã, São Paulo, 05503-900, SP, Brazil
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, Federal University of Uberlândia, Rua Piauí, Bloco 2B, sala 200, Campus Umuarama, Uberlândia, 38400-902, MG, Brazil
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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Myosin-I molecular motors are proposed to play various cellular roles related to membrane dynamics and trafficking. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster, we review and illustrate the proposed cellular functions of metazoan myosin-I molecular motors by examining the structural, biochemical, mechanical and cell biological evidence for their proposed molecular roles. We highlight evidence for the roles of myosin-I isoforms in regulating membrane tension and actin architecture, powering plasma membrane and organelle deformation, participating in membrane trafficking, and functioning as a tension-sensitive dock or tether. Collectively, myosin-I motors have been implicated in increasingly complex cellular phenomena, yet how a single isoform accomplishes multiple types of molecular functions is still an active area of investigation. To fully understand the underlying physiology, it is now essential to piece together different approaches of biological investigation. This article will appeal to investigators who study immunology, metabolic diseases, endosomal trafficking, cell motility, cancer and kidney disease, and to those who are interested in how cellular membranes are coupled to the underlying actin cytoskeleton in a variety of different applications.
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- Betsy B McIntosh
- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA
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- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA
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Vertebrate myosin-IC (Myo1c) is a type-1 myosin that links cell membranes to the cytoskeleton via its actin-binding motor domain and its phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2)-binding tail domain. While it is known that Myo1c bound to PtdIns(4,5)P2 in fluid-lipid bilayers can propel actin filaments in an unloaded motility assay, its ability to develop forces against external load on actin while bound to fluid bilayers has not been explored. Using optical tweezers, we measured the diffusion coefficient of single membrane-bound Myo1c molecules by force-relaxation experiments, and the ability of ensembles of membrane-bound Myo1c molecules to develop and sustain forces. To interpret our results, we developed a computational model that recapitulates the basic features of our experimental ensemble data and suggests that Myo1c ensembles can generate forces parallel to lipid bilayers, with larger forces achieved when the myosin works away from the plane of the membrane or when anchored to slowly diffusing regions.
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Sauvanet C, Wayt J, Pelaseyed T, Bretscher A. Structure, Regulation, and Functional Diversity of Microvilli on the Apical Domain of Epithelial Cells. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2015; 31:593-621. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100814-125234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Cécile Sauvanet
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Weill Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Weill Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Weill Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Weill Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;
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Tsujita K, Itoh T. Phosphoinositides in the regulation of actin cortex and cell migration. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2015; 1851:824-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2014.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2014] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Epithelial cells from diverse tissues, including the enterocytes that line the intestinal tract, remodel their apical surface during differentiation to form a brush border: an array of actin-supported membrane protrusions known as microvilli that increases the functional capacity of the tissue. Although our understanding of how epithelial cells assemble, stabilize, and organize apical microvilli is still developing, investigations of the biochemical and physical underpinnings of these processes suggest that cells coordinate cytoskeletal remodeling, membrane-cytoskeleton cross-linking, and extracellular adhesion to shape the apical brush border domain.
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- Scott W Crawley
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, and Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, and Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, and Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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Lu Q, Li J, Ye F, Zhang M. Structure of myosin-1c tail bound to calmodulin provides insights into calcium-mediated conformational coupling. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 22:81-8. [PMID: 25437912 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Class I myosins can sense cellular mechanical forces and function as tension-sensitive anchors or transporters. How mechanical load is transduced from the membrane-binding tail to the force-generating head in myosin-1 is unknown. Here we determined the crystal structure of the entire tail of mouse myosin-1c in complex with apocalmodulin, showing that myosin-1c adopts a stable monomer conformation suited for force transduction. The lever-arm helix and the C-terminal extended PH domain of the motor are coupled by a stable post-IQ domain bound to calmodulin in a highly unusual mode. Ca(2+) binding to calmodulin induces major conformational changes in both IQ motifs and the post-IQ domain and increases flexibility of the myosin-1c tail. Our study provides a structural blueprint for the neck and tail domains of myosin-1 and expands the target binding modes of the master Ca(2+)-signal regulator calmodulin.
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- Qing Lu
- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- 1] Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. [2] Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- 1] Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. [2] Center of Systems Biology and Human Health, School of Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. [3] State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Pyrpassopoulos S, Feeser EA, Mazerik JN, Tyska MJ, Ostap EM. Membrane-bound myo1c powers asymmetric motility of actin filaments. Curr Biol 2012; 22:1688-92. [PMID: 22863317 PMCID: PMC3461085 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Revised: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Class I myosins are molecular motors that link cellular membranes to the actin cytoskeleton and play roles in membrane tension generation, membrane dynamics, and mechanosignal transduction. The widely expressed myosin-Ic (myo1c) isoform binds tightly to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P(2)] via a pleckstrin homology domain located in the myo1c tail, which is important for its proper cellular localization. In this study, we found that myo1c can power actin motility on fluid membranes composed of physiological concentrations of PtdIns(4,5)P(2) and that this motility is inhibited by high concentrations of anionic phospholipids. Strikingly, this motility occurs along curved paths in a counterclockwise direction (i.e., the actin filaments turn in leftward circles). A biotinylated myo1c construct containing only the motor domain and the lever arm anchored via streptavidin on a membrane containing biotinylated lipid can also generate asymmetric motility, suggesting that the tail domain is not required for the counterclockwise turning. We found that the ability to produce counterclockwise motility is not a universal characteristic of myosin-I motors, as membrane-bound myosin-Ia (myo1a) and myosin-Ib (myo1b) are able to power actin gliding, but the actin gliding has no substantial turning bias. This work reveals a possible mechanism for establishing asymmetry in relationship to the plasma membrane.
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- Serapion Pyrpassopoulos
- The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104-6085
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- The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104-6085
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104-6085
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Mazerik JN, Tyska MJ. Myosin-1A targets to microvilli using multiple membrane binding motifs in the tail homology 1 (TH1) domain. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:13104-15. [PMID: 22367206 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.336313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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One of the most abundant components of the enterocyte brush border is the actin-based monomeric motor, myosin-1a (Myo1a). Within brush border microvilli, Myo1a carries out a number of critical functions at the interface between membrane and actin cytoskeleton. Proper physiological function of Myo1a depends on its ability to bind to microvillar membrane, an interaction mediated by a C-terminal tail homology 1 (TH1) domain. However, little is known about the mechanistic details of the Myo1a-TH1/membrane interaction. Structure-function analysis of Myo1a-TH1 targeting in epithelial cells revealed that an N-terminal motif conserved among class I myosins and a C-terminal motif unique to Myo1a-TH1 are both required for steady state microvillar enrichment. Purified Myo1a bound to liposomes composed of phosphatidylserine and phosphoinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, with moderate affinity in a charge-dependent manner. Additionally, peptides of the N- and C-terminal regions required for targeting were able to compete with Myo1a for binding to highly charged liposomes in vitro. Single molecule total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy showed that these motifs are also necessary for slowing the membrane detachment rate in cells. Finally, Myo1a-TH1 co-localized with both lactadherin-C2 (a phosphatidylserine-binding protein) and PLCδ1-PH (a phosphoinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-binding protein) in microvilli, but only lactaderin-C2 expression reduced brush border targeting of Myo1a-TH1. Together, our results suggest that Myo1a targeting to microvilli is driven by membrane binding potential that is distributed throughout TH1 rather than localized to a single motif. These data highlight the diversity of mechanisms that enable different class I myosins to target membranes in distinct biological contexts.
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- Jessica N Mazerik
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Tyska MJ, Nambiar R. Myosin-1a: A motor for microvillar membrane movement and mechanics. Commun Integr Biol 2011; 3:64-6. [PMID: 20539787 DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.1.10141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2009] [Accepted: 09/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Myosin-1a is one of eight monomeric, membrane binding class I myosins expressed in vertebrates.1 As the most abundant actin-based motor protein found in the enterocyte microvillus, myosin-1a has long been known to interact with the apical membrane via a highly basic C-terminal tail domain.2 Several recent studies shed light on possible functional consequences of this protein/lipid interaction. In vitro and in vivo studies of microvillar function have revealed that myosin-1a can move apical membrane along core actin bundles, leading to the release of small vesicles from microvillar tips.3,4 Additional studies indicate that myosin-1a and other class I myosins contribute to membrane-cytoskeleton adhesion, which enables the apical membrane to resist deformation.5 These findings clearly position myosin-1a as an important player in apical membrane movement and structural stability. How this motor is able to fulfill these two seemingly distinct functions is currently unclear, but will serve as the focus of our discussion below.
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- Matthew J Tyska
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA
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Spitznagel D, O'Rourke JF, Leddy N, Hanrahan O, Nolan DP. Identification and characterization of an unusual class I myosin involved in vesicle traffic in Trypanosoma brucei. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12282. [PMID: 20808867 PMCID: PMC2924389 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 07/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Myosins are a multimember family of motor proteins with diverse functions in eukaryotic cells. African trypanosomes possess only two candidate myosins and thus represent a useful system for functional analysis of these motors. One of these candidates is an unusual class I myosin (TbMyo1) that is expressed at similar levels but organized differently during the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei. This myosin localizes to the polarized endocytic pathway in bloodstream forms of the parasite. This organization is actin dependent. Knock down of TbMyo1 results in a significant reduction in endocytic activity, a cessation in cell division and eventually cell death. A striking morphological feature in these cells is an enlargement of the flagellar pocket, which is consistent with an imbalance in traffic to and from the surface. In contrast TbMyo1 is distributed throughout procyclic forms of the tsetse vector and a loss of ∼90% of the protein has no obvious effects on growth or morphology. These results reveal a life cycle stage specific requirement for this myosin in essential endocytic traffic and represent the first description of the involvement of a motor protein in vesicle traffic in these parasites.
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- Diana Spitznagel
- Molecular Parasitology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Microscopy and Analysis, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Molecular Parasitology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Molecular Parasitology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Calmodulin dissociation regulates Myo5 recruitment and function at endocytic sites. EMBO J 2010; 29:2899-914. [PMID: 20647997 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2009] [Accepted: 06/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Myosins-I are conserved proteins that bear an N-terminal motor head followed by a Tail Homology 1 (TH1) lipid-binding domain. Some myosins-I have an additional C-terminal extension (C(ext)) that promotes Arp2/3 complex-dependent actin polymerization. The head and the tail are separated by a neck that binds calmodulin or calmodulin-related light chains. Myosins-I are known to participate in actin-dependent membrane remodelling. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling their recruitment and their biochemical activities in vivo are far from being understood. In this study, we provided evidence suggesting the existence of an inhibitory interaction between the TH1 domain of the yeast myosin-I Myo5 and its C(ext). The TH1 domain prevented binding of the Myo5 C(ext) to the yeast WIP homologue Vrp1, Myo5 C(ext)-induced actin polymerization and recruitment of the Myo5 C(ext) to endocytic sites. Our data also indicated that calmodulin dissociation from Myo5 weakened the interaction between the neck and TH1 domains and the C(ext). Concomitantly, calmodulin dissociation triggered Myo5 binding to Vrp1, extended the myosin-I lifespan at endocytic sites and activated Myo5-induced actin polymerization.
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Komaba S, Coluccio LM. Localization of myosin 1b to actin protrusions requires phosphoinositide binding. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:27686-93. [PMID: 20610386 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.087270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Myosin 1b (Myo1b), a class I myosin, is a widely expressed, single-headed, actin-associated molecular motor. Transient kinetic and single-molecule studies indicate that it is kinetically slow and responds to tension. Localization and subcellular fractionation studies indicate that Myo1b associates with the plasma membrane and certain subcellular organelles such as endosomes and lysosomes. Whether Myo1b directly associates with membranes is unknown. We demonstrate here that full-length rat Myo1b binds specifically and with high affinity to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP(3)), two phosphoinositides that play important roles in cell signaling. Binding is not Ca(2+)-dependent and does not involve the calmodulin-binding IQ region in the neck domain of Myo1b. Furthermore, the binding site is contained entirely within the C-terminal tail region, which contains a putative pleckstrin homology domain. Single mutations in the putative pleckstrin homology domain abolish binding of the tail domain of Myo1b to PIP(2) and PIP(3) in vitro. These same mutations alter the distribution of Myc-tagged Myo1b at membrane protrusions in HeLa cells where PIP(2) localizes. In addition, we found that motor activity is required for Myo1b localization in filopodia. These results suggest that binding of Myo1b to phosphoinositides plays an important role in vivo by regulating localization to actin-enriched membrane projections.
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- Shigeru Komaba
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, USA
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McConnell RE, Tyska MJ. Leveraging the membrane - cytoskeleton interface with myosin-1. Trends Cell Biol 2010; 20:418-26. [PMID: 20471271 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2010] [Revised: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Class 1 myosins are small motor proteins with the ability to simultaneously bind to actin filaments and cellular membranes. Given their ability to generate mechanical force, and their high prevalence in many cell types, these molecules are well positioned to carry out several important biological functions at the interface of membrane and the actin cytoskeleton. Indeed, recent studies implicate these motors in endocytosis, exocytosis, release of extracellular vesicles, and the regulation of tension between membrane and the cytoskeleton. Many class 1 myosins also exhibit a load-dependent mechano-chemical cycle that enables them to maintain tension for long periods of time without hydrolyzing ATP. These properties put myosins-1 in a unique position to regulate dynamic membrane-cytoskeleton interactions and respond to physical forces during these events.
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- Russell E McConnell
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37205, USA
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Brown JW, McKnight CJ. Molecular model of the microvillar cytoskeleton and organization of the brush border. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9406. [PMID: 20195380 PMCID: PMC2827561 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Brush border microvilli are ∼1-µm long finger-like projections emanating from the apical surfaces of certain, specialized absorptive epithelial cells. A highly symmetric hexagonal array of thousands of these uniformly sized structures form the brush border, which in addition to aiding in nutrient absorption also defends the large surface area against pathogens. Here, we present a molecular model of the protein cytoskeleton responsible for this dramatic cellular morphology. Methodology/Principal Findings The model is constructed from published crystallographic and microscopic structures reported by several groups over the last 30+ years. Our efforts resulted in a single, unique, self-consistent arrangement of actin, fimbrin, villin, brush border myosin (Myo1A), calmodulin, and brush border spectrin. The central actin core bundle that supports the microvillus is nearly saturated with fimbrin and villin cross-linkers and has a density similar to that found in protein crystals. The proposed model accounts for all major proteinaceous components, reproduces the experimentally determined stoichiometry, and is consistent with the size and morphology of the biological brush border membrane. Conclusions/Significance The model presented here will serve as a structural framework to explain many of the dynamic cellular processes occurring over several time scales, such as protein diffusion, association, and turnover, lipid raft sorting, membrane deformation, cytoskeletal-membrane interactions, and even effacement of the brush border by invading pathogens. In addition, this model provides a structural basis for evaluating the equilibrium processes that result in the uniform size and structure of the highly dynamic microvilli.
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- Jeffrey W. Brown
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Myosin motor function: the ins and outs of actin-based membrane protrusions. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:1239-54. [PMID: 20107861 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0254-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2009] [Revised: 12/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cells build plasma membrane protrusions supported by parallel bundles of F-actin to enable a wide variety of biological functions, ranging from motility to host defense. Filopodia, microvilli and stereocilia are three such protrusions that have been the focus of intense biological and biophysical investigation in recent years. While it is evident that actin dynamics play a significant role in the formation of these organelles, members of the myosin superfamily have also been implicated as key players in the maintenance of protrusion architecture and function. Based on a simple analysis of the physical forces that control protrusion formation and morphology, as well as our review of available data, we propose that myosins play two general roles within these structures: (1) as cargo transporters to move critical regulatory components toward distal tips and (2) as mediators of membrane-cytoskeleton adhesion.
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Olety B, Wälte M, Honnert U, Schillers H, Bähler M. Myosin 1G (Myo1G) is a haematopoietic specific myosin that localises to the plasma membrane and regulates cell elasticity. FEBS Lett 2009; 584:493-9. [PMID: 19968988 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Revised: 11/10/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Immune cells navigate through different environments where they experience different mechanical forces. Responses to external forces are determined by the mechanical properties of a cell and they depend to a large extent on the actin-rich cell cortex. We report here that Myo1G, a previously uncharacterised member of class I myosins, is expressed specifically in haematopoietic tissues and cells. It is associated with the plasma membrane. This association is dependent on a conserved PH-domain-like myosin I tail homology motif and the head domain. However, the head domain does not need to be a functional motor. Knockdown of Myo1G in Jurkat cells decreased cell elasticity significantly. We propose that Myo1G regulates cell elasticity by deformations of the actin network at the cell cortex.
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- Balaji Olety
- Institute of General Zoology and Genetics, Westfalian Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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McKenna JMD, Ostap EM. Kinetics of the interaction of myo1c with phosphoinositides. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:28650-9. [PMID: 19706607 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.049791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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myo1c is a single-headed myosin that dynamically links membranes to the actin cytoskeleton. A putative pleckstrin homology domain has been identified in the myo1c tail that binds phosphoinositides and soluble inositol phosphates with high affinity. However, the kinetics of association and dissociation and the influence of phospholipid composition on the kinetics have not been determined. Stopped-flow spectroscopy was used to measure the binding and dissociation of a recombinant myo1c construct containing the tail and regulatory domains (myo1c(IQ-tail)) to and from 100-nm diameter large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). We found the time course of association of myo1c(IQ-tail) with LUVs containing 2% phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P(2)) followed a two-exponential time course, and the rate of the predominant fast phase depended linearly upon the total lipid concentration. The apparent second-order rate constant was approximately diffusion-limited. Increasing the molar ratio of anionic phospholipid by adding phosphatidylserine, additional PtdIns(4,5)P(2), or by situating PtdIns(4,5)P(2) in a more physiologically relevant lipid background increased the apparent association rate constant less than 2-fold. myo1c(IQ-tail) dissociated from PtdIns(4,5)P(2) at a slower rate (2.0 s(-1)) than the pleckstrin homology domain of phospholipase C-delta (13 s(-1)). The presence of additional anionic phospholipid reduced the myo1c(IQ-tail) dissociation rate constant >50-fold but marginally changed the dissociation rate of phospholipase C-delta, suggesting that additional electrostatic interactions in myo1c(IQ-tail) help to stabilize binding. Remarkably, high concentrations of soluble inositol phosphates induce dissociation of myo1c(IQ-tail) from LUVs, suggesting that phosphoinositides are able to bind to and dissociate from myo1c(IQ-tail) as it remains bound to the membrane.
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- Jennine M Dawicki McKenna
- Department of Physiology, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6085, USA
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All cell functions that involve membrane deformation or a change in cell shape (e.g., endocytosis, exocytosis, cell motility, and cytokinesis) are regulated by membrane tension. While molecular contacts between the plasma membrane and the underlying actin cytoskeleton are known to make significant contributions to membrane tension, little is known about the molecules that mediate these interactions. We used an optical trap to directly probe the molecular determinants of membrane tension in isolated organelles and in living cells. Here, we show that class I myosins, a family of membrane-binding, actin-based motor proteins, mediate membrane/cytoskeleton adhesion and thus, make major contributions to membrane tension. These studies show that class I myosins directly control the mechanical properties of the cell membrane; they also position these motor proteins as master regulators of cellular events involving membrane deformation.
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Hozumi S, Maeda R, Taniguchi-Kanai M, Okumura T, Taniguchi K, Kawakatsu Y, Nakazawa N, Hatori R, Matsuno K. Head region of unconventional myosin I family members is responsible for the organ-specificity of their roles in left-right polarity in Drosophila. Dev Dyn 2009; 237:3528-37. [PMID: 18521948 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In Drosophila, Myosin31DF (Myo31DF), encoding a Myosin ID protein, has crucial roles in left-right (LR) asymmetric development. Loss of Myo31DF function leads to laterality inversion for many organs, including the embryonic gut. Here, we found that Myo31DF was required before LR asymmetric morphogenesis in the hindgut, suggesting it functions in LR patterning instead of directly in hindgut morphological changes. Myosin61F (Myo61F) encodes another Myosin I, and Myo31DF or Myo61F overexpression reverses the laterality of different organs. Myo31DF and Myo61F have domains conserved in Myosin proteins, particularly in the proteins' head regions. We studied the roles of these domains in LR patterning using overexpression analysis. The Actin-binding and ATP-binding domains were essential for both proteins, but the IQ domains, binding sites for Myosin light chains, were required only by Myo31DF. Our results also suggest that the organ specificities of the Myo31DF and Myo61F activities depended on their head regions.
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- Shunya Hozumi
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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Nunokawa SY, Anan H, Shimada K, Hachikubo Y, Kashiyama T, Ito K, Yamamoto K. Binding of chara Myosin globular tail domain to phospholipid vesicles. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 48:1558-1566. [PMID: 17921149 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Binding of Chara myosin globular tail domain to phospholipid vesicles was investigated quantitatively. It was found that the globular tail domain binds to vesicles made from acidic phospholipids but not to those made from neutral phospholipids. This binding was weakened at high KCl concentration, suggesting that the binding is electrostatic by nature. The dissociation constant for the binding of the globular tail domain to 20% phosphatidylserine vesicles (similar to endoplasmic reticulum in acidic phospholipid contents) at 150 mM KCl was 273 nM. The free energy change due to this binding calculated from the dissociation constant was -37.3 kJ mol(-1). Thus the bond between the globular tail domain and membrane phospholipids would not be broken when the motor domain of Chara myosin moves along the actin filament using the energy of ATP hydrolysis (DeltaG degrees ' = -30.5 kJ mol(-1)). Our results suggested that direct binding of Chara myosin to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane through the globular tail domain could work satisfactorily in Chara cytoplasmic streaming. We also suggest a possible regulatory mechanism of cytoplasmic streaming including phosphorylation-dependent dissociation of the globular tail domain from the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.
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- Shun-Ya Nunokawa
- Department of Biology, Chiba University, Yayoicho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-8522 Japan
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McConnell RE, Tyska MJ. Myosin-1a powers the sliding of apical membrane along microvillar actin bundles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 177:671-81. [PMID: 17502425 PMCID: PMC2064212 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200701144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Microvilli are actin-rich membrane protrusions common to a variety of epithelial cell types. Within microvilli of the enterocyte brush border (BB), myosin-1a (Myo1a) forms an ordered ensemble of bridges that link the plasma membrane to the underlying polarized actin bundle. Despite decades of investigation, the function of this unique actomyosin array has remained unclear. Here, we show that addition of ATP to isolated BBs induces a plus end–directed translation of apical membrane along microvillar actin bundles. Upon reaching microvillar tips, membrane is “shed” into solution in the form of small vesicles. Because this movement demonstrates the polarity, velocity, and nucleotide dependence expected for a Myo1a-driven process, and BBs lacking Myo1a fail to undergo membrane translation, we conclude that Myo1a powers this novel form of motility. Thus, in addition to providing a means for amplifying apical surface area, we propose that microvilli function as actomyosin contractile arrays that power the release of BB membrane vesicles into the intestinal lumen.
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- Russell E McConnell
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Hokanson DE, Laakso JM, Lin T, Sept D, Ostap EM. Myo1c binds phosphoinositides through a putative pleckstrin homology domain. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:4856-65. [PMID: 16971510 PMCID: PMC1635404 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-05-0449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Myo1c is a member of the myosin superfamily that binds phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)), links the actin cytoskeleton to cellular membranes and plays roles in mechano-signal transduction and membrane trafficking. We located and characterized two distinct membrane binding sites within the regulatory and tail domains of this myosin. By sequence, secondary structure, and ab initio computational analyses, we identified a phosphoinositide binding site in the tail to be a putative pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. Point mutations of residues known to be essential for polyphosphoinositide binding in previously characterized PH domains inhibit myo1c binding to PIP(2) in vitro, disrupt in vivo membrane binding, and disrupt cellular localization. The extended sequence of this binding site is conserved within other myosin-I isoforms, suggesting they contain this putative PH domain. We also characterized a previously identified membrane binding site within the IQ motifs in the regulatory domain. This region is not phosphoinositide specific, but it binds anionic phospholipids in a calcium-dependent manner. However, this site is not essential for in vivo membrane binding.
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- David E. Hokanson
- *The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085; and
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- *The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085; and
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- *The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085; and
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Computational Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
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- *The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085; and
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Hokanson DE, Ostap EM. Myo1c binds tightly and specifically to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:3118-23. [PMID: 16492791 PMCID: PMC1413866 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505685103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Myosin-I is the single-headed member of the myosin superfamily that associates with acidic phospholipids through its basic tail domain. Membrane association is essential for proper myosin-I localization and function. However, little is known about the physiological relevance of the direct association of myosin-I with phospholipids or about phospholipid headgroup-binding specificity. To better understand the mechanism of myosin-I-membrane association, we measured effective dissociation constants for the binding of a recombinant myo1c tail construct (which includes three IQ domains and bound calmodulins) to large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) composed of phosphatidylcholine and various concentrations of phosphatidylserine (PS) or phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)). We found that the myo1c-tail binds tightly to LUVs containing >60% PS but very weakly to LUVs containing physiological PS concentrations (<40%). The myo1c tail and not the IQ motifs bind tightly to LUVs containing 2% PIP(2). Additionally, we found that the myo1c tail binds to soluble inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate with nearly the same affinity as to PIP(2) in LUVs, suggesting that myo1c binds specifically to the headgroup of PIP(2). We also show that a GFP-myosin-I-tail chimera expressed in epithelial cells is transiently localized to regions known to be enriched in PIP(2). Our results suggest that myo1c does not bind to physiological concentrations of PS but rather binds tightly to PIP(2).
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- David E. Hokanson
- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085
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- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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To gain insight regarding myosin-1A (M1A) function, we expressed a dominant negative fragment of this motor in the intestinal epithelial cell line, CACO-2BBE. Sucrase isomaltase (SI), a transmembrane disaccharidase found in microvillar lipid rafts, was missing from the brush border (BB) in cells expressing this fragment. Density gradient centrifugation, affinity purification, and immunopurification of detergent-resistant membranes isolated from CACO-2BBE cells and rat microvilli (MV) all indicate that M1A and SI reside on the same population of low density (∼1.12 g/ml) membranes. Chemical cross-linking of detergent-resistant membranes from rat MV indicates that SI and M1A may interact in a lipid raft complex. The functional significance of such a complex is highlighted by expression of the cytoplasmic domain of SI, which results in lower levels of M1A and a loss of SI from the BB. Together, these studies are the first to assign a specific role to M1A and suggest that this motor is involved in the retention of SI within the BB.
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- Matthew J Tyska
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University 342 Kline Biology Tower, 266 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06511,USA.
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Myosin-I is the single-headed member of the myosin superfamily that associates with lipid membranes. Biochemical experiments have shown that myosin-I membrane binding is the result of electrostatic interactions between the basic tail domain and acidic phospholipids. To better understand the dynamics of myosin-I membrane association, we measured the rates of association and dissociation of a recombinant myo1c tail domain (which includes three IQ domains and bound calmodulins) to and from large unilamellar vesicles using fluorescence resonance energy transfer. The apparent second-order rate constant for lipid-tail association in the absence of calcium is fast with nearly every lipid-tail collision resulting in binding. The rate of binding is decreased in the presence of calcium. Time courses of myo1c-tail dissociation are best fit by two exponential rates: a fast component that has a rate that depends on the ratio of acidic phospholipid to myo1c-tail (phosphatidylserine (PS)/tail) and a slow component that predominates at high PS/tail ratios. The dissociation rate of the slow component is slower than the myo1c ATPase rate, suggesting that myo1c is able to stay associated with the lipid membrane during multiple catalytic cycles of the motor. Calcium significantly increases the lifetimes of the membrane-bound state, resulting in dissociation rates 0.001 s(-1).
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- Nanyun Tang
- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and the Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6085, USA
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Myr 8, a novel unconventional myosin expressed during brain development associates with the protein phosphatase catalytic subunits 1alpha and 1gamma1. J Neurosci 2001. [PMID: 11588169 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-20-07954.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Directed neuronal, astroglial, and oligodendroglial cell migrations comprise a prominent feature of mammalian brain development. Because molecular motor proteins have been implicated in a wide spectrum of processes associated with cell motility, we initiated studies to define the pool of myosins in migrating cerebellar granule neurons and type-1 neocortical astrocytes. Our analyses identified two isoforms of a novel unconventional myosin, which we have cloned, sequenced, and designated myr 8a and 8b (eighth unconventional myosin from rat). Phylogenetic analysis indicates that myr 8 myosins comprise a new class of myosins, which we have designated class XVI. The head domain contains a large N-terminal extension composed of multiple ankyrin repeats, which are implicated in mediating an association with the protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) catalytic subunits 1alpha and 1gamma. The motor domain is followed by a single putative light-chain binding domain. The tail domain of myr 8a is comparatively short with a net positive charge, whereas the tail domain of myr 8b is extended, bears an overall neutral charge, and reveals several stretches of poly-proline residues. Neither the myr 8a nor the myr 8b sequence reveals alpha-helical coiled-coil motifs, suggesting that these myosins exist as monomers. Both immunoblot and Northern blot analyses indicate that myr 8b is the predominant isoform expressed in brain, principally at developmental time periods. The structural features and restricted expression patterns suggest that members of this novel class of unconventional myosins comprise a mechanism to target selectively the protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunits 1alpha and/or 1gamma in developing brain.
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Patel KG, Liu C, Cameron PL, Cameron RS. Myr 8, a novel unconventional myosin expressed during brain development associates with the protein phosphatase catalytic subunits 1alpha and 1gamma1. J Neurosci 2001; 21:7954-68. [PMID: 11588169 PMCID: PMC6763852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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Directed neuronal, astroglial, and oligodendroglial cell migrations comprise a prominent feature of mammalian brain development. Because molecular motor proteins have been implicated in a wide spectrum of processes associated with cell motility, we initiated studies to define the pool of myosins in migrating cerebellar granule neurons and type-1 neocortical astrocytes. Our analyses identified two isoforms of a novel unconventional myosin, which we have cloned, sequenced, and designated myr 8a and 8b (eighth unconventional myosin from rat). Phylogenetic analysis indicates that myr 8 myosins comprise a new class of myosins, which we have designated class XVI. The head domain contains a large N-terminal extension composed of multiple ankyrin repeats, which are implicated in mediating an association with the protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) catalytic subunits 1alpha and 1gamma. The motor domain is followed by a single putative light-chain binding domain. The tail domain of myr 8a is comparatively short with a net positive charge, whereas the tail domain of myr 8b is extended, bears an overall neutral charge, and reveals several stretches of poly-proline residues. Neither the myr 8a nor the myr 8b sequence reveals alpha-helical coiled-coil motifs, suggesting that these myosins exist as monomers. Both immunoblot and Northern blot analyses indicate that myr 8b is the predominant isoform expressed in brain, principally at developmental time periods. The structural features and restricted expression patterns suggest that members of this novel class of unconventional myosins comprise a mechanism to target selectively the protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunits 1alpha and/or 1gamma in developing brain.
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- K G Patel
- Section of Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, 30912-3175, USA
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Reilein AR, Rogers SL, Tuma MC, Gelfand VI. Regulation of molecular motor proteins. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2001; 204:179-238. [PMID: 11243595 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)04005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Motor proteins in the kinesin, dynein, and myosin superfamilies are tightly regulated to perform multiple functions in the cell requiring force generation. Although motor proteins within families are diverse in sequence and structure, there are general mechanisms by which they are regulated. We first discuss the regulation of the subset of kinesin family members for which such information exists, and then address general mechanisms of kinesin family regulation. We review what is known about the regulation of axonemal and cytoplasmic dyneins. Recent work on cytoplasmic dynein has revealed the existence of multiple isoforms for each dynein chain, making the study of dynein regulation more complicated than previously realized. Finally, we discuss the regulation of myosins known to be involved in membrane trafficking. Myosins and kinesins may be evolutionarily related, and there are common themes of regulation between these two classes of motors.
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- A R Reilein
- Department of Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana 61801, USA
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Sokac AM, Bement WM. Regulation and expression of metazoan unconventional myosins. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2001; 200:197-304. [PMID: 10965469 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(00)00005-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Unconventional myosins are molecular motors that convert adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis into movement along actin filaments. On the basis of primary structure analysis, these myosins are represented by at least 15 distinct classes (classes 1 and 3-16), each of which is presumed to play a specific cellular role. However, in contrast to the conventional myosins-2, which drive muscle contraction and cytokinesis and have been studied intensively for many years in both uni- and multicellular organisms, unconventional myosins have only been subject to analysis in metazoan systems for a short time. Here we critically review what is known about unconventional myosin regulation, function, and expression. Several points emerge from this analysis. First, in spite of the high relative conservation of motor domains among the myosin classes, significant differences are found in biochemical and enzymatic properties of these motor domains. Second, the idea that characteristic distributions of unconventional myosins are solely dependent on the myosin tail domain is almost certainly an oversimplification. Third, the notion that most unconventional myosins function as transport motors for membranous organelles is challenged by recent data. Finally, we present a scheme that clarifies relationships between various modes of myosin regulation.
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- A M Sokac
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
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Myosin Is are associated with specific membranes, however, the mechanism for regulating their intracellular localization is unclear. As a first step towards understanding this mechanism, membrane rebinding assays using Dictyostelium myoB were performed. Crude, cytosolic myoB bound to intact, but not to NaOH-treated plasma membranes. In contrast, partially purified myoB binds to both intact and NaOH-treated plasma membranes. Chemical cross-linking of cytosolic myoB yielded several products, whereas none were found with the partially purified myoB. These results suggest a model where proteins regulating the specific binding of myoB to the plasma membrane may exist both in the cytosol and on the plasma membrane.
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- S Senda
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Skowron JF, Bement WM, Mooseker MS. Human brush border myosin-I and myosin-Ic expression in human intestine and Caco-2BBe cells. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2000; 41:308-24. [PMID: 9858156 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(1998)41:4<308::aid-cm4>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The human intestinal cell line, Caco-2BBe, has been established as an excellent model system for analysis of the enterocyte cytoskeleton including that of the actin rich apical brush border. To facilitate its use for functional analysis of a major component of the brush border, brush border myosin-I, human cDNAs encoding the heavy chain of this class I myosin were isolated and sequenced. The identity of this myosin as human brush border myosin-I was verified based on similarity with other vertebrate sequences, as well as its expression profile at both the RNA and protein levels. Localization of the protein in human intestine along the crypt-villus axis closely resembles that previously determined for brush border myosin-I in chicken, and is quite distinct from that of myosin-Ic, another myosin-I expressed in human intestine and Caco-2BBe cells. In immature cells of the crypt, brush border myosin-I staining is low, and there is significant cytosolic and basolateral localization, while villus cells stain much more intensely, and the protein is primarily localized to the brush border. Localization of myosin-Ic is essentially the inverse of brush border myosin-I in that crypt cells exhibit higher levels of staining, while villus cells have very low levels of myosin-Ic. The expression of both myosins-I was also examined during cell-contact induced differentiation of Caco-2BBe cells where expression and changes in localization closely resemble those that accompany differentiation of enterocyte in vivo.
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- J F Skowron
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8103, USA
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Schwarz EC, Neuhaus EM, Kistler C, Henkel AW, Soldati T. Dictyostelium myosin IK is involved in the maintenance of cortical tension and affects motility and phagocytosis. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 4):621-33. [PMID: 10652255 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.4.621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dictyostelium discoideum myosin Ik (MyoK) is a novel type of myosin distinguished by a remarkable architecture. MyoK is related to class I myosins but lacks a cargo-binding tail domain and carries an insertion in a surface loop suggested to modulate motor velocity. This insertion shows similarity to a secondary actin-binding site present in the tail of some class I myosins, and indeed a GST-loop construct binds actin. Probably as a consequence, binding of MyoK to actin was not only ATP- but also salt-dependent. Moreover, as both binding sites reside within its motor domain and carry potential sites of regulation, MyoK might represent a new form of actin crosslinker. MyoK was distributed in the cytoplasm with a significant enrichment in dynamic regions of the cortex. Absence of MyoK resulted in a drop of cortical tension whereas overexpression led to significantly increased tension. Absence and overexpression of MyoK dramatically affected the cortical actin cytoskeleton and resulted in reduced initial rates of phagocytosis. Cells lacking MyoK showed excessive ruffling, mostly in the form of large lamellipodia, accompanied by a thicker basal actin cortex. At early stages of development, aggregation of myoK null cells was slowed due to reduced motility. Altogether, the data indicate a distinctive role for MyoK in the maintenance and dynamics of the cell cortex.
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- E C Schwarz
- Department of Molecular Cell Research, Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstrasse 29, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Li W, Wang J, Coluccio LM, Matsudaira P, Grand RJ. Brush border myosin I (BBMI): a basally localized transcript in human jejunal enterocytes. J Histochem Cytochem 2000; 48:89-94. [PMID: 10653589 DOI: 10.1177/002215540004800109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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To extend our recent observation that villin mRNA, encoding an apical microvillous protein, is dichotomously localized in the basal region of human enterocytes, we examined the localization of mRNAs for brush border myosin I (BBMI) and intestinal fimbrin (I-fim). In situ hybridization indicated that BBMI mRNA localized to the basal region of human enterocytes, whereas the mRNA for I-fim distributed diffusely. To facilitate study of potential mechanisms of mRNA targeting, we cloned a full-length cDNA for BBMI including its 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions (UTRs). This cDNA shares 86% sequence identity with bovine BBMI and 85% with rat BBMI. Sequence analysis revealed no obvious similarity between the 3'-UTRs of BBMI and villin. This study provides evidence of novel sorting pathways for intestinal microvillous cytoskeletal proteins.
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- W Li
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition, The Floating Hospital for Children, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Lee WL, Ostap EM, Zot HG, Pollard TD. Organization and ligand binding properties of the tail of Acanthamoeba myosin-IA. Identification of an actin-binding site in the basic (tail homology-1) domain. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:35159-71. [PMID: 10574999 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.49.35159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Acanthamoeba myosin-IA heavy chain gene encodes a 134-kDa protein with a catalytic domain, three potential light chain binding sites, and a tail with separately folded tail homology (TH) -1, -2, and -3 domains. TH-1 is highly resistant to trypsin digestion despite consisting of 15% lysine and arginine. TH-2/3 is resistant to alpha-chymotrypsin digestion. The peptide link between TH-1 and TH-2/3 is cleaved by trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, and endo-AspN but not V8 protease. The CD spectra of TH-2/3 indicate predominantly random structure, turns, and beta-strands but no alpha-helix. The hydrodynamic properties of TH-2/3 (Stokes' radius of 3.0 nm, sedimentation coefficient of 1.8 S, and molecular mass of 21.6 kDa) indicate that these domains are as long as the whole myosin-I tail in reconstructions of electron micrographs. Furthermore, separately expressed and purified TH-1 binds with high affinity to TH-2/3. Thus we propose that TH-1 and TH-2/3 are arranged side by side in the myosin-IA tail. Separate TH-1, TH-2, and TH-2/3 each binds muscle actin filaments with high affinity. Salt inhibits TH-2/3 binding to muscle actin but not amoeba actin filaments. TH-1 enhances binding of TH-2/3 to muscle actin filaments at physiological salt concentration, indicating that TH-1 and TH-2/3 cooperate in actin binding. An intrinsic fluorescence assay shows that TH-2/3 also binds with high affinity to the protein Acan125 similar to the SH3 domain of myosin-IC. Phylogenetic analysis of SH3 sequences suggests that myosin-I acquired SH3 domain after the divergence of the genes for myosin-I isoforms.
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- W L Lee
- BCMB Graduate Program, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Balish MF, Moeller EF, Coluccio LM. Overlapping distribution of the 130- and 110-kDa myosin I isoforms on rat liver membranes. Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 370:285-93. [PMID: 10577358 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The biochemical and mechanochemical properties and localization of myosin I suggest the involvement of these small members of the myosin superfamily in some aspects of intracellular motility in higher cells. We have determined by quantitative immunoblotting with isoform-specific antibodies that the 130-kDa myosin I (myr 1 gene product) and 110-kDa myosin I (myr 2 gene product) account for 0.5 and 0.4%, respectively, of total rat liver protein. Immunoblot analyses reveal that the 130- and 110-kDa myosins I are found in several purified subcellular fractions from rat liver. The membrane-associated 130-kDa myosin I is found at the highest concentration in the plasma membrane (28 ng/microg plasma membrane protein) followed by the endoplasmic reticulum-like mitochondria-associated membrane fraction (MAM; 10 ng/microg MAM protein), whereas the 110-kDa myosin I is found at the highest concentration in Golgi (50 ng/¿g Golgi protein) followed by plasma membrane (20 ng/microg) and MAM (7 ng/microg). Our analyses indicate that myosin I is peripherally associated with Golgi and MAM and its presence in these fractions is not a consequence of myosin I bound to contaminating actin filaments. Although found in relatively low concentrations in microsomes, because of the abundance of microsomes, in liver most of the membrane-associated myosin I is associated with microsomes. Neither myosin I isoform is detected in purified mitochondria. This is the first quantitative analysis addressing the cellular distribution of these mammalian class I myosins.
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- M F Balish
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Heintzelman MB, Schwartzman JD. Characterization of myosin-A and myosin-C: two class XIV unconventional myosins from Toxoplasma gondii. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1999; 44:58-67. [PMID: 10470019 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(199909)44:1<58::aid-cm5>3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Two class XIV unconventional myosins from Toxoplasma gondii, Myosin-A (TgM-A) and Myosin-C (TgM-C), were characterized in terms of their biochemical properties and their expression in quiescent and motile stages of the parasite life cycle. In cell fractionation studies, both myosins partitioned with the major organelle/cell membrane fraction, and extraction studies indicated that both were tightly associated with membrane domains as detergent was necessary for their solubilization. In addition, both TgM-A and TgM-C demonstrated a hallmark feature of myosins in their ability to bind actin in the absence but not the presence of ATP. In parasites residing within the host cell parasitophorous vacuole, TgM-A was detected by immunofluorescence microscopy as a bright spot near the apical pole of the parasite. This pattern underwent a subtle change as the parasites became motile, with TgM-A then localizing more intimately with the parasite cell membrane domain in apically disposed spots or patches, consistent with the role of this myosin in gliding motility. TgM-C showed a distinct localization to the juxtanuclear region towards the apical pole of the parasite, consistent with an association with the Golgi apparatus.
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- M B Heintzelman
- Department of Anatomy, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
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Janmey PA, Xian W, Flanagan LA. Controlling cytoskeleton structure by phosphoinositide-protein interactions: phosphoinositide binding protein domains and effects of lipid packing. Chem Phys Lipids 1999; 101:93-107. [PMID: 10810928 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(99)00058-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cell movement and resistance to mechanical forces are largely governed by the cytoskeleton, a three-dimensional network of protein filaments that form viscoelastic networks within the cytoplasm. The cytoskeleton underlying the plasma membrane of most cells is rich in actin filaments whose assembly and disassembly are regulated by actin binding proteins that are stimulated or inhibited by signals received and transmitted at the membrane/cytoplasm interface. Inositol phospholipids, or phosphoinositides, are potent regulators of many actin binding proteins, and changes in the phosphorylation of specific phosphoinositide species or in their spatial localization are associated with cytoskeletal remodeling in vitro. This review will focus on recent studies directed at defining the structural features of phosphoinositide binding sites in actin binding proteins and on the influence of the physical state of phosphoinositides on their ability to interact with their target proteins.
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- P A Janmey
- Hematology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Khoroshev MI, Munson SJ, Bikle DD. Six putative IQ motifs of the recombinant chicken intestinal brush border myosin I are involved in calmodulin binding. Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 361:94-100. [PMID: 9882432 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chicken brush border myosin I has up to six IQ sequence motifs at which it may bind calmodulin. To determine the relative contributions of these motifs to calmodulin binding, fusion deletion fragments were expressed in Escherichia coli and their ability to bind calmodulin was assessed by the gel overlay technique. The first three N-terminal IQ sites showed strong binding with calmodulin. Surprisingly, the last three incomplete IQ motifs also contributed substantial calmodulin binding. The first and fourth IQ sites bound calmodulin but tended to reduce binding in combination with other sites. The data indicate that interactions among all six IQ motifs contribute to the ability of myosin I to bind calmodulin.
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- M I Khoroshev
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, 94121, USA.
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- R E Cheney
- Department of Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7545, USA
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Pinder JC, Fowler RE, Dluzewski AR, Bannister LH, Lavin FM, Mitchell GH, Wilson RJ, Gratzer WB. Actomyosin motor in the merozoite of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum: implications for red cell invasion. J Cell Sci 1998; 111 ( Pt 13):1831-9. [PMID: 9625746 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111.13.1831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The genome of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, contains a myosin gene sequence, which bears a close homology to one of the myosin genes found in another apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. A polyclonal antibody was generated against an expressed polypeptide of molecular mass 27,000, based on part of the deduced sequence of this myosin. The antibody reacted with the cognate antigen and with a component of the total parasite protein on immunoblots, but not with vertebrate striated or smooth muscle myosins. It did, however, recognise two components in the cellular protein of Toxoplasma gondii. The antibody was used to investigate stage-specificity of expression of the myosin (here designated Pf-myo1) in P. falciparum. The results showed that the protein is synthesised in mature schizonts and is present in merozoites, but vanishes after the parasite enters the red cell. Pf-myo1 was found to be largely, though not entirely, associated with the particulate parasite cell fraction and is thus presumably mainly membrane bound. It was not solubilised by media that would be expected to dissociate actomyosin or myosin filaments, or by non-ionic detergent. Immunofluorescence revealed that in the merozoite and mature schizont Pf-myo1 is predominantly located around the periphery of the cell. Immuno-gold electron microscopy also showed the presence of the myosin around almost the entire parasite periphery, and especially in the region surrounding the apical prominence. Labelling was concentrated under the plasma membrane but was not seen in the apical prominence itself. This suggests that Pf-myo1 is associated with the plasma membrane or with the outer membrane of the subplasmalemmal cisterna, which forms a lining to the plasma membrane, with a gap at the apical prominence. The results lead to a conjectural model of the invasion mechanism.
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- J C Pinder
- Medical Research Council Muscle and Cell Motility Unit, Randall Institute, King's College, London WC2B 5RL, UK
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Jontes JD, Ostap EM, Pollard TD, Milligan RA. Three-dimensional structure of Acanthamoeba castellanii myosin-IB (MIB) determined by cryoelectron microscopy of decorated actin filaments. J Cell Biol 1998; 141:155-62. [PMID: 9531555 PMCID: PMC2132727 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.1.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/1997] [Revised: 01/26/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The Acanthamoeba castellanii myosin-Is were the first unconventional myosins to be discovered, and the myosin-I class has since been found to be one of the more diverse and abundant classes of the myosin superfamily. We used two-dimensional (2D) crystallization on phospholipid monolayers and negative stain electron microscopy to calculate a projection map of a "classical" myosin-I, Acanthamoeba myosin-IB (MIB), at approximately 18 A resolution. Interpretation of the projection map suggests that the MIB molecules sit upright on the membrane. We also used cryoelectron microscopy and helical image analysis to determine the three-dimensional structure of actin filaments decorated with unphosphorylated (inactive) MIB. The catalytic domain is similar to that of other myosins, whereas the large carboxy-terminal tail domain differs greatly from brush border myosin-I (BBM-I), another member of the myosin-I class. These differences may be relevant to the distinct cellular functions of these two types of myosin-I. The catalytic domain of MIB also attaches to F-actin at a significantly different angle, approximately 10 degrees, than BBM-I. Finally, there is evidence that the tails of adjacent MIB molecules interact in both the 2D crystal and in the decorated actin filaments.
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- J D Jontes
- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Isenberg G, Niggli V. Interaction of cytoskeletal proteins with membrane lipids. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1997; 178:73-125. [PMID: 9348669 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62136-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Rapid and significant progress has been made in understanding lipid/protein interactions involving cytoskeletal components and the plasma membrane. Covalent and noncovalent lipid modifications of cytoskeletal proteins mediate their interaction with lipid bilayers. The application of biophysical techniques such as differential scanning colorimetry, neutron reflection, electron spin resonance, CD spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and hydrophobic photolabeling, allow various folding stages of proteins during electrostatic adsorption and hydrophobic insertion into lipid bilayers to be analyzed. Reconstitution of proteins into planar lipid films and liposomes help to understand the architecture of biological interfaces. During signaling events at plasma membrane interfaces, lipids are important for the regulation of catalytic protein functions. Protein/lipid interactions occur selectively and with a high degree of specificity and thus have to be considered as physiologically relevant processes with gaining impact on cell functions.
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- G Isenberg
- Biophysics Department, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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Jontes JD, Milligan RA. Brush border myosin-I structure and ADP-dependent conformational changes revealed by cryoelectron microscopy and image analysis. J Cell Biol 1997; 139:683-93. [PMID: 9348285 PMCID: PMC2141714 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.3.683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/1997] [Revised: 08/21/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Brush border myosin-I (BBM-I) is a single-headed myosin found in the microvilli of intestinal epithelial cells, where it forms lateral bridges connecting the core bundle of actin filaments to the plasma membrane. Extending previous observations (Jontes, J.D., E.M. Wilson-Kubalek, and R.A. Milligan. 1995. Nature [Lond.]. 378:751-753), we have used cryoelectron microscopy and helical image analysis to generate three-dimensional (3D) maps of actin filaments decorated with BBM-I in both the presence and absence of 1 mM MgADP. In the improved 3D maps, we are able to see the entire light chain-binding domain, containing density for all three calmodulin light chains. This has enabled us to model a high resolution structure of BBM-I using the crystal structures of the chicken skeletal muscle myosin catalytic domain and essential light chain. Thus, we are able to directly measure the full magnitude of the ADP-dependent tail swing. The approximately 31 degrees swing corresponds to approximately 63 A at the end of the rigid light chain-binding domain. Comparison of the behavior of BBM-I with skeletal and smooth muscle subfragments-1 suggests that there are substantial differences in the structure and energetics of the biochemical transitions in the actomyosin ATPase cycle.
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- J D Jontes
- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Wells C, Coles D, Entwistle A, Peckham M. Myogenic cells express multiple myosin isoforms. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 1997; 18:501-15. [PMID: 9350004 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018607100730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In vivo and in vitro, proliferating motile myoblasts form aligned groups of cells, with a characteristic bipolar morphology, subsequently become post-mitotic, begin to express skeletal myosin and fuse. We were interested in whether members of the myosin superfamily were involved in myogenesis. We found that the myoblasts expressed multiple myosin isoforms, from at least five different classes of the myosin superfamily (classes I, II, V, VII and IX), using RT-PCR and degenerate primers to conserved regions of myosin. All of these myosin isoforms were expressed most highly in myoblasts and their expression decreased as they differentiated into mature myotubes, by RNAse protection assays, and Western analysis. However, only myosin I alpha, non-muscle myosin IIA and IIB together with actin relocalize in response to the differentiative state of the cell. In single cells, myosin I alpha was found at the leading edge, in rear microspikes and had a punctate cytoplasmic staining, and non-muscle myosin was associated with actin bundles as previously described for fibroblasts. In aligned groups of cells, all these proteins were found at the plasma membrane. Co-staining for skeletal myosin II, and myosin I alpha showed that myosin I alpha also appeared to be expressed at higher levels in post-mitotic myoblasts that had begun to express skeletal myosin prior to fusion. In early myotubes, actin and non-muscle myosin IIA and IIB remained localized at the membrane. All of the other myosin isoforms we looked at, myosin V, myosin IX and a second isoform of myosin I (mouse homologue to myr2) showed a punctate cytoplasmic staining which did not change as the myoblasts differentiated. In conclusion, although we found that myoblasts express many different isoforms of the myosin superfamily, only myosin I alpha, non-muscle myosin IIA and IIB appear to play any direct role in myogenesis.
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- C Wells
- Molecular Biology and Biophysics Group, Randall Institute, King's College London, UK
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Steffen W, Karki S, Vaughan KT, Vallee RB, Holzbaur EL, Weiss DG, Kuznetsov SA. The involvement of the intermediate chain of cytoplasmic dynein in binding the motor complex to membranous organelles of Xenopus oocytes. Mol Biol Cell 1997; 8:2077-88. [PMID: 9348543 PMCID: PMC25673 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.10.2077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/1997] [Accepted: 07/22/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cytoplasmic dynein is one of the major motor proteins involved in intracellular transport. It is a protein complex consisting of four subunit classes: heavy chains, intermediate chains (ICs), light intermediate chains, and light chains. In a previous study, we had generated new monoclonal antibodies to the ICs and mapped the ICs to the base of the motor. Because the ICs have been implicated in targeting the motor to cargo, we tested whether these new antibodies to the intermediate chain could block the function of cytoplasmic dynein. When cytoplasmic extracts of Xenopus oocytes were incubated with either one of the monoclonal antibodies (m74-1, m74-2), neither organelle movement nor network formation was observed. Network formation and membrane transport was blocked at an antibody concentration as low as 15 micrograms/ml. In contrast to these observations, no effect was observed on organelle movement and tubular network formation in the presence of a control antibody at concentrations as high as 0.5 mg/ml. After incubating cytoplasmic extracts or isolated membranes with the monoclonal antibodies m74-1 and m74-2, the dynein IC polypeptide was no longer detectable in the membrane fraction by SDS-PAGE immunoblot, indicating a loss of cytoplasmic dynein from the membrane. We used a panel of dynein IC truncation mutants and mapped the epitopes of both antibodies to the N-terminal coiled-coil domain, in close proximity to the p150Glued binding domain. In an IC affinity column binding assay, both antibodies inhibited the IC-p150Glued interaction. Thus these findings demonstrate that direct IC-p150Glued interaction is required for the proper attachment of cytoplasmic dynein to membranes.
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- W Steffen
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Biocenter, University of Vienna, Austria
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Whittaker M, Milligan RA. Conformational changes due to calcium-induced calmodulin dissociation in brush border myosin I-decorated F-actin revealed by cryoelectron microscopy and image analysis. J Mol Biol 1997; 269:548-57. [PMID: 9217259 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Brush border myosin I (BBMI) is a single-headed molecular motor. Its catalytic domain exhibits extensive sequence homology to the catalytic domain of myosin II, while its tail lacks the coiled-coil nature of myosin II. The BBMI tail domain contains at least three IQ motifs and binds calmodulin. Addition of calcium removes one of these calmodulin light chains, with effects on ATPase activity and motility in in vitro assays. Using the techniques of cryoelectron microscopy and helical image analysis we have calculated three-dimensional (3D) maps of BBMI-decorated actin filaments prepared in the presence and absence of calcium. The 3D maps describe a BBMI catalytic domain that is strikingly similar to the catalytic domain of myosin II subfragment 1 (S1), with the exception of a short amino-terminal region of the heavy chain, which is absent from BBMI. The tail domains of BBMI and S1 are highly divergent in structure, continuing on from their respective motor domains with very different geometries. Addition of calcium to BBMI, and the concomitant loss of a calmodulin light chain, results in an extensive reorganization of mass in the tail domain.
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- M Whittaker
- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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