title: Interactions of myosin subfragment 1 isozymes with G-actin.
abstract: The polymerization of G-actin by myosin subfragment 1 (S-1) isozymes, S-1(A1) and S-1(A2), and their proteolytically cleaved forms was studied by light-scattering, fluorescence, and analytical ultracentrifugation techniques. As reported previously, S-1(A1) polymerized G-actin rapidly while S-1(A2) could hardly promote the assembly reaction (Chaussepied & Kasprzak, 1989a; Chen and Reisler, 1990). This difference between the isozymes of S-1 was traced to the very poor, if any, ability of G-actin-S-1(A2) complexes to nucleate the assembly of actin filaments. The formation of G-actin-S-1(A2) complexes was verified in sedimentation velocity experiments and by fluorescence measurements using pyrene-labeled actin. The G-actin-S-1(A2) complexes supported the growth of actin filaments and accelerated the polymerization of actin in solutions seeded with MgCl2-, KCl-, and S-1(A1)-generated nuclei. The growth rates of actin-S-1(A2) filaments were markedly slower than those for actin-S-1(A1) filaments. Proteolytic cleavage of S-1 isozymes at the 50/20-kDa junction of the heavy chain greatly decreased their binding to G-actin and thus inhibited the polymerization of actin by S-1(A1). These results are discussed in the context of G-actin-S-1 interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reisler
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D005453:Fluorescence; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D015879:Myosin Subfragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D015879:Myosin Subfragments