title: Controlling cytoskeleton structure by phosphoinositide-protein interactions: phosphoinositide binding protein domains and effects of lipid packing.
abstract: Cell movement and resistance to mechanical forces are largely governed by the cytoskeleton, a three-dimensional network of protein filaments that form viscoelastic networks within the cytoplasm. The cytoskeleton underlying the plasma membrane of most cells is rich in actin filaments whose assembly and disassembly are regulated by actin binding proteins that are stimulated or inhibited by signals received and transmitted at the membrane/cytoplasm interface. Inositol phospholipids, or phosphoinositides, are potent regulators of many actin binding proteins, and changes in the phosphorylation of specific phosphoinositide species or in their spatial localization are associated with cytoskeletal remodeling in vitro. This review will focus on recent studies directed at defining the structural features of phosphoinositide binding sites in actin binding proteins and on the influence of the physical state of phosphoinositides on their ability to interact with their target proteins.
authors.affiliation: Hematology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. janmey@calvin.bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Janmey
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xian
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Flanagan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D008055:Lipids; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols