title: Molecular basis of tropomyosin binding to tropomodulin, an actin-capping protein.
abstract: The tropomodulin (Tmod) family of proteins that cap the pointed, slow-growing end of actin filaments require tropomyosin (TM) for optimal function. Earlier studies identified two regions in Tmod1 that bind the N terminus of TM, though the ability of different isoforms to bind the two sites is controversial. We used model peptides to determine the affinity and define the specificity of the highly conserved N termini of three short, non-muscle TMs (alpha, gamma, delta-TM) for the two Tmod1 binding sites using circular dichroism spectroscopy, native gel electrophoresis, and chemical crosslinking. All TM peptides have high affinity for the second Tmod1 binding site (within residues 109-144; alpha-TM, 2.5 nM; gamma-TM, delta-TM, 40-90 nM), but differ >100-fold for the first site (residues 1-38; alpha-TM, 90 nM; undetectable at 10 microM, gamma-TM, delta-TM). Residue 14 (R in alpha; Q in gamma and delta) and, to a lesser extent, residue 4 (S in alpha; T in gamma and delta) are primarily responsible for the differences. The functional consequence of the sequence differences is reflected in more effective inhibition of actin filament elongation by full-length alpha-TMs than gamma-TM in the presence of Tmod1. The binding sites of the two Tmod1 peptides on a model TM peptide differ, as defined by comparing (15)N,(1)H HSQC spectra of a (15)N-labeled model TM peptide in both the absence and presence of Tmod1 peptide. The NMR and CD studies show that there is an increase in alpha-helix upon Tmod1-TM complex formation, indicating that intrinsically disordered regions of the two proteins become ordered upon binding. A model proposed for the binding of Tmod to actin and TM at the pointed end of the filament shows how the Tmod-TM accentuates the asymmetry of the pointed end and suggests how subtle differences among TM isoforms may modulate actin filament dynamics.
authors: Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
authors: Alla S
authors: AS
authors: Kostyukova
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Hitchcock-Degregori
authors: Norma J
authors: NJ
authors: Greenfield
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018260:Gelsolin / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011522:Protons; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D051348:Tropomodulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014335:Tropomyosin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D018260:Gelsolin; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011522:Protons; D051348:Tropomodulin; D014335:Tropomyosin
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