title: Novel actin crosslinker superfamily member identified by a two step degenerate PCR procedure.
abstract: Actin-crosslinking proteins link F-actin into the bundles and networks that constitute the cytoskeleton. Dystrophin, beta-spectrin, alpha-actinin, ABP-120, ABP-280, and fimbrin share homologous actin-binding domains and comprise an actin crosslinker superfamily. We have identified a novel member of this superfamily (ACF7) using a degenerate primer-mediated PCR strategy that was optimized to resolve less-abundant superfamily sequences. The ACF7 gene is on human chromosome 1 and hybridizes to high molecular weight bands on northern blots. Sequence comparisons argue that ACF7 does not fit into one of the existing families, but represents a new class within the superfamily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Byers
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Beggs
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: McNally
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kunkel
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D017931:DNA Primers; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D017931:DNA Primers; C095003:MACF1 protein, human; D008840:Microfilament Proteins