title: Isolation and sequencing of cDNA clones encoding the Dictyostelium discoideum 30,000-dalton actin-bundling protein.
abstract: The Dictyostelium 30,000-dalton protein is a calcium-regulated actin filament-bundling protein which has been suggested to contribute to the structure and reorganization of filopodia and pseudopodia accompanying cell movements. cDNAs encoding this protein were isolated using antibody and oligonucleotide probes to screen cDNA libraries in phage lambda. The sequence of the cDNA predicts a protein of 295 amino acids with a molecular weight of 33,355. The sequence reveals two EF-hand calcium-binding regions that provide a structural explanation for calcium regulation of the activity of this protein. The putative calcium-binding region of the 30,000-dalton protein has similarity to sequences of other calcium-regulated actin-binding proteins such as alpha-actin and fimbrin. One region of the sequence with similarity to both Dictyostelium gelation factor (ABP 120) and fructose bisphosphate aldolase is a potential actin-binding sequence. A highly charged region of the protein is similar to a sequence in human cytovillin that is repeated eight times in chicken gizzard caldesmon. No strong homology to previously identified actin-binding sequences of other actin-binding proteins is apparent. Results from Southern blot experiments indicate that the 30,000-dalton protein is encoded by a single gene in the Dictyostelium genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fechheimer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murdock
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carney
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Glover
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002645:Chickens; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011817:Rabbits; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D000099149:Ezrin
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004247:DNA; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D000099149:Ezrin; C052523:actin filament bundling proteins; C060680:abpC protein, Dictyostelium