title: Characterization of the action of porcine brain profilin on actin polymerization.
abstract: When porcine brain actin is polymerized in either KCl/MgCl2 or KCl alone, porcine brain profilin prolongs the lag phase and inhibits the rate and extent of polymerization in a concentration-dependent manner. Profilin also decreases the elongation rate in a concentration-dependent manner. Moreover, addition of profilin to steady-state actin filaments causes slow depolymerization. All these actions of profilin are explainable by a monomer sequestering mechanism. The inhibition by profilin of both the extent of polymerization and the elongation rate is stronger in KCl alone than in KCl/MgCl2. Moreover, it was found that brain profilin inhibits the polymerization of brain actin more strongly than that of muscle actin. Brain 88K protein/actin complex (88K/A), which has been shown to cap the barbed end of actin filaments, potentiates the inhibitory action of profilin; i.e. the extent of polymerization is much more reduced by profilin in the presence of 88K/A than in its absence.
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010441:Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051304:Profilins; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D051304:Profilins; D011506:Proteins; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D008274:Magnesium