The integrin-actin connection, an eternal love affair.
Integrin receptors connect the extracellular matrix to the actin cytoskeleton. This interaction can be viewed as a cyclical liaison, which develops again and again at new adhesion sites only to cease at sites of de-adhesion. Recent work has demonstrated that multidomain proteins play crucial roles in the integrin-actin connection by providing a high degree of regulation adjusted to the needs of the cell. In this review we present several examples of this paradigm and with special emphasis on the ILK-PINCH-parvin complex, which amply demonstrates how structural and signalling functions are linked together.
Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Medicine, Am Klopferspitz 18a, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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D000185:Actinin / Q000378:metabolism; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D000099200:Scaffold Protein ILK; D000096985:Calponins
D000185:Actinin; D000199:Actins; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D016023:Integrins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000099200:Scaffold Protein ILK; C108257:ITGB1BP1 protein, human; C486590:PARVA protein, human; D000096985:Calponins; C486591:PARVB protein, human