Abstract:
:Actin polymerization plays a major role in cell movement. The controls of actin sequestration/desequestration and of filament turnover are two important features of cell motility. Actin binding proteins use properties derived from the steady-state monomer-polymer cycle of actin in the presence of ATP, to control the F-actin/G-actin ratio and the turnover rate of actin filaments. Capping proteins and profilin regulate the size of the pools of F-actin and unassembled actin by affecting the steady-state concentration of ATP-G-actin. At steady state, the treadmilling cycle of actin filaments is fed by their disassembly from the pointed ends. It is regulated in two different ways by capping proteins and ADF, as follows. Capping proteins, in decreasing the number of growing barbed ends, increase their individual rate of growth and create a "funneled" treadmilling process. ADF/cofilin, in increasing the rate of pointed-end disassembly, increases the rate of filament turnover, hence the rate of barbed-end growth. In conclusion, capping proteins and ADF cooperate to increase the rate of actin assembly up to values that support the rates of actin-based motility processes.
journal_name
J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Carlier MF,Pantaloni Ddoi
10.1006/jmbi.1997.1062subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-06-20 00:00:00pages
459-67issue
4eissn
0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022-2836(97)91062-7journal_volume
269pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Phenol-soluble modulin α3 (PSMα3) is a functional amyloid secreted by the pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. This 22-residue peptide serves as a key virulence determinant, toxic to human cells via the formation of unique cross-α amyloid-like fibrils. We demonstrate that bilayer vesicles accelerated PSMα3 fibr...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2018.03.022
更新日期:2018-05-11 00:00:00
abstract::Prion diseases are neurodegenerative disorders caused by the misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrPC). Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome is an inherited prion disease with one early-onset allele (HRdup) containing an eight-amino-acid insertion; this LGGLGGYV insert is positioned after valine 129 (human Pr...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.027
更新日期:2019-06-28 00:00:00
abstract::Here, we have investigated the specificity of purified recombinant tRNA:m(2)(2)G10 methyltransferase of Pyrococcus abyssi ((Pab)Trm-m(2)(2)G10 enzyme). This archaeal enzyme catalyses mono- and dimethylation of the N(2)-exocyclic amino group of guanine at position 10 of several tRNA species. Our results indicate that o...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.087
更新日期:2006-03-24 00:00:00
abstract::AP205 is a single-stranded RNA bacteriophage that has a coat protein sequence not similar to any other known single-stranded RNA phage. Here, we report an atomic-resolution model of the AP205 virus-like particle based on a crystal structure of an unassembled coat protein dimer and a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruc...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2016.08.025
更新日期:2016-10-23 00:00:00
abstract::Isoprenoids, most of them synthesized by prenyltransferases (PTSs), are a class of important biologically active compounds with diverse functions. The mint geranyl pyrophosphate synthase (GPPS) is a heterotetramer composed of two LSU·SSU (large/small subunit) dimers. In addition to C(10)-GPP, the enzyme also produces ...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.011
更新日期:2010-12-17 00:00:00
abstract::Forkhead box O4 (FOXO4) is a human transcription factor (TF) that participates in cell homeostasis. While the structure and DNA binding properties of the conserved forkhead domain (FHD) have been thoroughly investigated, how the transactivation domain (TAD) regulates the DNA binding properties of the protein remains e...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166808
更新日期:2021-01-13 00:00:00
abstract::The three-dimensional structure of [Cd7]-metallothionein-2 from rat liver was determined in aqueous solution, using nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry and distance geometry calculations. The experimental data provided proton-proton distance constraints from measurements of nuclear Overhauser effects, constraints ...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-2836(88)90106-4
更新日期:1988-09-05 00:00:00
abstract::Alpha-actinin is the major F-actin crosslinking protein in both muscle and non-muscle cells. We report the crystal structure of the actin binding domain of human muscle alpha-actinin-3, which is formed by two consecutive calponin homology domains arranged in a "closed" conformation. Structural studies and available bi...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.002
更新日期:2005-04-22 00:00:00
abstract::Integration host factor (IHF) of Escherichia coli is a histone-like protein that is involved both in site-specific recombination and in regulating the expression of a number of phage and bacterial genes. We have shown previously that transcription of the ilvGMEDA operon in E. coli is greatly reduced in IHF mutants. We...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-2836(88)90212-4
更新日期:1988-10-05 00:00:00
abstract::Cytochrome c oxidase couples the reduction of dioxygen to proton pumping against an electrochemical gradient. The D-channel, a 25-A-long cavity, provides the principal pathway for the uptake of chemical and pumped protons. A water chain is thought to mediate the relay of protons via a Grotthuss mechanism through the D...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.042
更新日期:2009-04-17 00:00:00
abstract::Arginine-mediated regulation is remarkably well conserved in very divergent bacteria, and shows a number of unusual features that distinguish arginine regulation from other transcriptional control mechanisms. The arginine repressor subunit consists of a basic N-terminal DNA-binding domain, which belongs to the winged ...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.5236
更新日期:2002-01-18 00:00:00
abstract::We describe a new method (T-Coffee) for multiple sequence alignment that provides a dramatic improvement in accuracy with a modest sacrifice in speed as compared to the most commonly used alternatives. The method is broadly based on the popular progressive approach to multiple alignment but avoids the most serious pit...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.2000.4042
更新日期:2000-09-08 00:00:00
abstract::Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic human pathogen able to transfer virulence genes to other cells through the mobilization of S. aureus pathogenicity islands (SaPIs). SaPIs are derepressed and packaged into phage-like transducing particles by helper phages like 80α or φNM1. Phages 80α and φNM1 encode structural...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2017.04.001
更新日期:2017-05-19 00:00:00
abstract::The glycolytic enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) catalyzes phosphoryl transfer between 1,3-bis-phosphoglycerate and ADP to form 3-phosphoglycerate and ATP. During catalysis, a major hinge bending motion occurs which brings the N and C-terminal enzyme domains and their bound substrates together and in-line for phosp...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.1835
更新日期:1998-06-26 00:00:00
abstract::The three-dimensional structure of a site-directed mutant of the bacterially expressed Fv fragment from monoclonal antibody D1.3, complexed to the specific antigen lysozyme has been determined to a nominal resolution of 1.8 A using X-ray diffraction data. The replacement of VL Trp92 by Asp allows two water molecules t...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.1994.1309
更新日期:1994-05-13 00:00:00
abstract::The T1 pac site has been cloned into a plasmid vector. This recombinant plasmid was tested for T1-mediated transduction efficiency in comparison with a plasmid containing the phage lambda T1-pac-like site esp-lambda, plasmids containing T1 sequences other than the pac site, and plasmids containing neither T1 sequences...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-2836(86)90021-5
更新日期:1986-12-20 00:00:00
abstract::Na+/H+antiportersare a category of ubiquitous transmembrane proteins with various important physiological roles in almost all living organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. However, the knowledge of novel Na+/H+antiporters remains to be broadened, and the functional roles ofoligomerization in theseantiportershave n...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2020.166730
更新日期:2021-01-22 00:00:00
abstract::Fatty acid biosynthesis is essential for the survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) is an essential precursor in this pathway. We have determined the 3-D crystal structure of M. tuberculosis citrate lyase beta-subunit (CitE), which as annotated should cleave protein bound citryl-CoA ...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.086
更新日期:2007-01-12 00:00:00
abstract::The roll-twist-slide correlation in the DNA crystal structures that are collected in the Nucleic Acid Data Base is analyzed in order to obtain a general understanding of the effects of the nucleotide sequence on the 3D structure of a dinucleotide step. It is concluded that the differences between the pyrimidine bases ...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.1997.1406
更新日期:1997-12-05 00:00:00
abstract::Escherichia coli PriA is a primosome assembly protein with 3' to 5' helicase activity whose apparent function is to promote resumption of DNA synthesis following replication-fork arrest. Here, we describe how initiation of helicase activity on DNA forks is influenced by both fork structure and by single-strand DNA-bin...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.4930
更新日期:2001-10-05 00:00:00
abstract::The Neurospora crassa CYT-18 protein is a mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase that also promotes self-splicing of group I intron RNAs by stabilizing the functional structure in the conserved core. CYT-18 binds the core along the same surface as a common peripheral element, P5abc, suggesting that CYT-18 can replace P...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.009
更新日期:2010-01-22 00:00:00
abstract::MOA (Marasmius oreades agglutinin), a lectin isolated from fruiting bodies of the mushroom M. oreades, specifically binds nonreducing terminal Galalpha(1,3)Gal carbohydrates, such as that which occurs in the xenotransplantation epitope Galalpha(1,3)Galbeta(1,4)GlcNAc and the branched blood group B determinant Galalpha...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.074
更新日期:2009-07-17 00:00:00
abstract::alpha-Lactalbumin (alpha-LA) is a two-domain, calcium-binding protein that forms one of the best studied molten globules. We present here amide hydrogen exchange studies of the molten globule formed by human alpha-LA at pH 2 and compare these results with a similar study of the native state at pH 6.3. The most persist...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.1995.0579
更新日期:1995-11-10 00:00:00
abstract::The beta-lactamases are involved in bacterial resistance to penicillin and related compounds. Members of the metallo-enzyme class are now found in many pathogenic bacteria and are thus becoming of major clinical importance. The structures of the Zn-beta-lactamase from Fluoribacter gormanii (FEZ-1) in the native and in...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0022-2836(02)01271-8
更新日期:2003-01-24 00:00:00
abstract::Helicases are ubiquitous molecular motor proteins that have an important role in the metabolism of nucleic acids. The gene encoding a helicase was cloned from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The polypeptide of 398 amino acid residues has a molecular mass of 45 kDa, contains striking homology to eukar...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.056
更新日期:2007-10-19 00:00:00
abstract::The origin of metal ion selectivity by members of the SmtB/ArsR family of bacterial metal-sensing transcriptional repressors and the mechanism of negative allosteric regulation of DNA binding is poorly understood. Here, we report that two homologous zinc sensors, Staphylococcus aureus CzrA and cyanobacterial SmtB, are...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.007
更新日期:2003-10-31 00:00:00
abstract::Long-standing questions on how peptides fold are addressed by the simulation at different temperatures of the reversible folding of a peptide in solution in atomic detail. Molecular dynamics simulations correctly predict the structure that is thermodynamically stable at 298 K, irrespective of the initial peptide confo...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.1885
更新日期:1998-07-31 00:00:00
abstract::Sickle hemoglobin polymerization exhibits a striking sensitivity to initial concentration, with characteristic reaction times that exhibit 30th power dependence on concentration. This extraordinary reaction order is encompassed by a novel double nucleation mechanism that predicts 50th power dependence of the homogeneo...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/jmbi.1996.0079
更新日期:1996-02-23 00:00:00
abstract::RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs) are nucleic acid sensors that activate antiviral innate immune response. These molecules recognize diverse non-self RNA substrates and are antagonized by several viral inhibitors. We performed an evolutionary analysis of RLR genes (RIG-I, MDA5, and LGP2) in mammals. Results indicated that p...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2013.10.040
更新日期:2014-03-20 00:00:00
abstract::A putative RNase P RNA gene in camelpox virus, one of the orthopoxviruses, was cloned and transcribed in vitro. No RNase P activity could be detected in vitro from camelpox virus RNase P RNA alone, or by addition of the Escherichia coli RNase P protein subunit to reaction mixtures. Camelpox virus RNase P RNA reconstit...
journal_title:Journal of molecular biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.09.020
更新日期:2005-12-02 00:00:00