CH domains revisited.
A sequence motif of about 100 amino acids, termed the 'calponin homology domain' has been suggested to confer actin binding to a variety of cytoskeletal and signalling molecules. Here we analyse and compare the sequences of all calponin homology domain-containing proteins identified to date. We propose that single calponin homology domains do not confer actin-binding per se and that the actin-binding motifs of cross-linking proteins, which comprise two disparate calponin homology domains, represent a unique protein module.
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Institute of Molecular Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Department of Cell Biology, Salzburg.
Kranewitter
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Winder
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Gimona
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D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000096985:Calponins
D000199:Actins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D000096985:Calponins