title: Structural portrait of filamin interaction mechanisms.
abstract: We review the most recent findings on human filamin structure, with particular emphasis on the relationships between structure, function, and interaction. Filamin is a cytoskeletal actin-binding protein and it is therefore crucial in providing cells with the necessary mechanical and dynamical properties. Filamentous actin cross-linking by filamin is regulated by a number of other proteins and the molecular mechanisms of this complex interaction network can be understood by highlighting the structural features of isolated filamin moieties and of their complexes with several partners. Here we describe first the structure-function relationships of the isolated filamin, its flexibility, and its dimerization mechanism. Secondly, we illustrate the structural mechanism with which filamin can recognize its partners, both the actin filaments and the regulatory proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna University, Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria. oliviero.carugo@univie.ac.at
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Djinovic-Carugo
authors.forename: Oliviero
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Carugo
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D064448:Filamins; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D064448:Filamins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes