title: Definition of a Ca2(+)-sensitive interface in the plasma gelsolin-actin complex.
abstract: Gelsolin is a Ca2(+)-dependent protein which severs actin filaments, caps their fast-growing ends and promotes nucleation. We report here results that delimit one of the interfaces between serum gelsolin and actin monomer. An actin-derived synthetic peptide (amino acids 305-326 of actin) coupled to a hydrophilic resin was tested for its possible interaction with gelsolin. We selected this sequence because it corresponds to a region implicated in the gelsolin-actin complex in a previous work [Boyer, Feinberg, Hue, Capony, Benyamin & Roustan (1987) Biochem. J. 248, 359-364]. We showed that this actin sequence is located at the surface of the actin molecule and observed a Ca2(+)-sensitive binding of gelsolin to this actin-derived peptide. In addition, by using a chymotryptic digest of gelsolin, we reported that only the C-terminal half of gelsolin interacts with the actin-(305-326)-peptide. These results that the Ca2(+)-sensitive interface includes both amino acids 305-326 of actin and probably amino acids 660-738 of gelsolin.
authors.affiliation: UPR 8402 Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire CNRS, U249 INSERM, Université de Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Houmeida
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hanin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feinberg
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Benyamin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roustan
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D002417:Cattle; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D018260:Gelsolin; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D012758:Shellfish
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D018260:Gelsolin; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D002118:Calcium