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Segregated localization of two calponin-related proteins within sarcomeric thin filaments in Caenorhabditis elegans striated muscle
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2024
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Source: Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 81(2-3):127-140
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Alternative Title:Cytoskeleton (Hoboken)
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Description:The calponin family proteins are expressed in both muscle and non-muscle cells and involved in the regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics and cell contractility. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, UNC-87 and CLIK-1 are calponin-related proteins with 42% identical amino acid sequences containing seven calponin-like motifs. Genetic studies demonstrated that UNC-87 and CLIK-1 have partially redundant function in regulating actin cytoskeletal organization in striated and non-striated muscle cells. However, biochemical studies showed that UNC-87 and CLIK-1 are different in their ability to bundle actin filaments. In this study, I extended comparison between UNC-87 and CLIK-1 and found additional differences in vitro and in vivo. Although UNC-87 and CLIK-1 bound to actin filaments similarly, UNC-87, but not CLIK-1, bound to myosin and inhibited actomyosin ATPase in vitro. In striated muscle, UNC-87 and CLIK-1 were segregated into different subregions within sarcomeric actin filaments. CLIK-1 was concentrated near the actin pointed ends, whereas UNC-87 was enriched toward the actin barbed ends. Restricted localization of UNC-87 was not altered in a clik-1-null mutant, suggesting that their segregated localization is not due to competition between the two related proteins. These results suggest that the two calponin-related proteins have both common and distinct roles in regulating actin filaments.
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Pubmed ID:37792405
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11249056
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