title: The carboxy-terminal pleckstrin homology domain of ROCK interacts with filamin-A.
abstract: The small GTPase Rho and its effector ROCK/Rho-kinase regulate actin cytoskeletal reorganization through phosphorylation of the regulatory light chain of myosin II. We previously reported that ROCK co-purified with the actin-binding protein filamin-A from HeLa cells. Here, we show that the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain of ROCK, but not the kinase or coiled-coil domain, interacts with filamin-A. We also determined that the PH domain of ROCK binds to the carboxy-terminal region of filamin-A containing the last 24th repeat. ROCK co-localized with filamin-A at the protrusive cell membranes of HeLa cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 739-8526, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Kozue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosoya
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D064448:Filamins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D064448:Filamins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C039077:platelet protein P47; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases