title: Function and interactions of the Ysc84/SH3yl1 family of actin- and lipid-binding proteins.
abstract: Understanding how actin filaments are nucleated, polymerized and disassembled in close proximity to cell membranes is an area of growing interest. Protrusion of the plasma membrane is required for cell motility, whereas inward curvature or invagination is required for endocytic events. These morphological changes in membrane are often associated with rearrangements of actin, but how the many actin-binding proteins of eukaryotes function in a co-ordinated way to generate the required responses is still not well understood. Identification and analysis of proteins that function at the interface between the plasma membrane and actin-regulatory networks is central to increasing our knowledge of the mechanisms required to transduce the force of actin polymerization to changes in membrane morphology. The Ysc84/SH3yl1 proteins have not been extensively studied, but work in both yeast and mammalian cells indicate that these proteins function at the hub of networks integrating regulation of filamentous actin (F-actin) with changes in membrane morphology.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, U.K.
authors.forename: Agnieszka N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Urbanek
authors.affiliation: *Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, U.K.
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: *Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, U.K.
authors.forename: Kathryn R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ayscough
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D060066:Protein Interaction Maps; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C560582:SH3YL1 protein, human; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C084789:YSC84 protein, S cerevisiae