title: Analogous structural motifs in myelin basic protein and in MARCKS.
abstract: Myelin basic protein (MBP) and myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS) are similar in terms of having extended conformations regulated by their environment (i.e., solubilised or lipid-associated), N-terminal modifications, a dual nature of interactions with lipids, binding to actin and Ca2+-calmodulin, and being substrates for different kinds of protein kinases. The further sequence similarities of segments of MBP with lipid effector regions of MARCKS, and numerous reports in the literature, support the thesis that some developmental isoform of MBP functions in signal transduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harauz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishiyama
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C000619710:MARCKS protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011506:Proteins; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate