title: Villin sequence and peptide map identify six homologous domains.
abstract: Site-specific proteases and antisera to the amino terminus of villin have been used to show that villin is organized into seven protease-resistant domains. Six are contained in the amino-terminal Mr 87,000 villin core, a Ca2+-regulated actin-severing fragment, whereas the carboxyl-terminal domain includes the villin "headpiece," a fragment involved in bundling of actin filaments. Ca2+ inhibits proteolytic cleavage between domains in the amino-terminal half of villin. The protein sequence of villin deduced from a single cDNA clone contains a conserved sequence that is repeated six times and is found in each domain of the villin core. The conserved repeats are found in other actin-severing proteins but not in the villin headpiece. Our results suggest that actin-severing proteins are organized around a common Mr 14,000-17,000 domain.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02142.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Bazari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matsudaira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wallek
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smeal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jakes
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D018260:Gelsolin; D007118:Immunoassay; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018260:Gelsolin; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C026615:villin; D004247:DNA; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D002918:Chymotrypsin; C028344:glutamyl endopeptidase; D014357:Trypsin; D002118:Calcium