title: Layilin, a novel talin-binding transmembrane protein homologous with C-type lectins, is localized in membrane ruffles.
abstract: Changes in cell morphology and motility are mediated by the actin cytoskeleton. Recent advances in our understanding of the regulators of microfilament structure and dynamics have shed light on how these changes are controlled, and efforts continue to define all the structural and signaling components involved in these processes. The actin cytoskeleton-associated protein talin binds to integrins, vinculin, and actin. We report a new binding partner for talin that we have named layilin, which contains homology with C-type lectins, is present in numerous cell lines and tissue extracts, and is expressed on the cell surface. Layilin colocalizes with talin in membrane ruffles, and is recruited to membrane ruffles in cells induced to migrate in in vitro wounding experiments and in peripheral ruffles in spreading cells. A ten-amino acid motif in the layilin cytoplasmic domain is sufficient for talin binding. We have identified a short region within talin's amino-terminal 435 amino acids capable of binding to layilin in vitro. This region overlaps a binding site for focal adhesion kinase.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Borowsky
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Hynes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D016608:Talin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D006023:Glycoproteins; D016023:Integrins; D037102:Lectins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016608:Talin; C115279:layilin protein, mouse; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496051:Ptk2 protein, mouse