title: Involvement of caldesmon at the actin-myosin interface.
abstract: Addition of myosin subfragment 1 (S-1) to the actin-caldesmon binary complex, which forms bundles of actin filaments resulted in the formation of actin/caldesmon-decorated filaments [Harricane, Bonet-Kerrache, Cavadore & Mornet (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 196, 219-224]. The present data provide further evidence that caldesmon and S-1 compete for a common actin-binding region and demonstrate that a change occurs in the actin-myosin interface induced by caldesmon. S-1 digested by trypsin, which has an actin affinity 100-fold weaker than that of native S-1, was efficiently removed from actin by caldesmon, but not completely dissociated. This particular ternary complex was stabilized by chemical cross-linking with carbodi-imide, which does not have any spacer arm, and revealed contact interfaces between the different protein components. Cross-linking experiments showed that the presence of caldesmon had no effect on stabilization of actin-(20 kDa domain), whereas the actin-(50 kDa domain) covalent association was significantly decreased, to the point of being virtually abolished.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, CNRS, INSERM U249, Université de Montpellier I, France.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Harricane
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fabbrizio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arpin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mornet
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D005022:Ethyldimethylaminopropyl Carbodiimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015879:Myosin Subfragments / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D014422:Turkeys
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D014357:Trypsin; D005022:Ethyldimethylaminopropyl Carbodiimide