title: Fishing out proteins that bind to titin.
abstract: Another giant protein has been detected in cross-striated muscle cells. Given the name obscurin, it was discovered in a yeast two-hybrid screen in which the bait was a small region of titin that is localized near the Z-band. Obscurin is about 720 kD, similar in molecular weight to nebulin, but present at about one tenth the level (Young et al., 2001). Like titin, obscurin contains multiple immunoglobulin-like domains linked in tandem, but in contrast to titin it contains just two fibronectin-like domains. It also contains sequences that suggest obscurin may have roles in signal transduction. During embryonic development, its localization changes from the Z-band to the M-band. With these intriguing properties, obscurin may not remain obscure for long.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. sangerj@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sanger
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sanger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064211:Connectin; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000737:chemistry; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000737:chemistry; D008954:Models, Biological; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D064211:Connectin; D005353:Fibronectins; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases