scholarly journals The use of actin labelled with N-(1-pyrenyl)iodoacetamide to study the interaction of actin with myosin subfragments and troponin/tropomyosin

1985 ◽  
Vol 232 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
A H Criddle ◽  
M A Geeves ◽  
T Jeffries
Keyword(s):  
Dissociation Rate ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Heavy Meromyosin ◽  
Pyrene Fluorescence ◽  
Myosin Subfragment ◽  
Myosin Subfragment 1 ◽  
Two Phases

A pyrene label attached to Cys-374 of actin has been shown to be a useful probe for monitoring the interaction of actin with myosin subfragments [Kouyama & Mihashi (1981) Eur. J. Biochem. 114, 33-38]. We report that the presence of this label decreases the affinity of actin for myosin subfragment 1 by less than a factor of 2. The rate of actin binding is unaffected by the label and the dissociation rate is increased by up to a factor of 2. Both the rate of actin binding to, and the rate of actin dissociation from, heavy meromyosin show two phases when monitored by pyrene fluorescence. Thin filiments reconstituted from pyrene-labelled actin show a 5% increase in pyrene fluorescence on binding Ca2+.

scholarly journals Correlation between calponin and myosin subfragment 1 binding to F-actin and ATPase inhibition

1997 ◽  
Vol 321 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawel T. SZYMANSKI ◽  
Zenon GRABAREK ◽  
Terence TAO
Keyword(s):  
Troponin I ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence Similarity ◽  
Smooth Muscle Contractility ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Myosin ◽  
Myosin Subfragment ◽  
Myosin Subfragment 1 ◽  
Muscle Myosin ◽  
Atpase Inhibition

Calponin is a thin-filament-associated protein that has been implicated in the regulation of smooth-muscle contractility. It binds to F-actin and inhibits the MgATPase activity of actomyosin. In the present work we have examined the effect of recombinant chicken gizzard α-calponin (RαCaP) on the binding of rabbit skeletal-muscle myosin subfragment 1 (S1) to F-actin and on the inhibition of its actin-activated MgATPase. We have found that binding of one RαCaP molecule to every three to four actin monomers is sufficient for maximal inhibition of actoŐS1 ATPase. At this RαCaP/actin ratio RαCaP does not interfere with S1 binding to F-actin. At higher concentrations, RαCaP displaces S1 from F-actin and a 1:1 RαCaPŐactin monomer complex is formed. RαCaP is also able to displace troponin I from its complex with F-actin which may reflect the amino acid sequence similarity between RαCaP and troponin I in their actin-binding regions.

scholarly journals Involvement of caldesmon at the actin-myosin interface

1992 ◽  
Vol 287 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
M C Harricane ◽  
E Fabbrizio ◽  
C Arpin ◽  
D Mornet
Keyword(s):  
Ternary Complex ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Binary Complex ◽  
Binding Region ◽  
Myosin Subfragment ◽  
Myosin Subfragment 1 ◽  
Spacer Arm ◽  
Protein Components ◽  
Chemical Cross Linking

Addition of myosin subfragment 1 (S-1) to the actin-caldesmon binary complex, which forms bundles of actin filaments resulted in the formation of actin/caldesmon-decorated filaments [Harricane, Bonet-Kerrache, Cavadore & Mornet (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 196, 219-224]. The present data provide further evidence that caldesmon and S-1 compete for a common actin-binding region and demonstrate that a change occurs in the actin-myosin interface induced by caldesmon. S-1 digested by trypsin, which has an actin affinity 100-fold weaker than that of native S-1, was efficiently removed from actin by caldesmon, but not completely dissociated. This particular ternary complex was stabilized by chemical cross-linking with carbodi-imide, which does not have any spacer arm, and revealed contact interfaces between the different protein components. Cross-linking experiments showed that the presence of caldesmon had no effect on stabilization of actin-(20 kDa domain), whereas the actin-(50 kDa domain) covalent association was significantly decreased, to the point of being virtually abolished.

scholarly journals Affinity chromatography of immobilized actin and myosin

1975 ◽  
Vol 149 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
R C Bottomley ◽  
I P Trayer
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Strength ◽  
Salt Concentration ◽  
Free Solution ◽  
Heavy Meromyosin ◽  
Chemical Modifications ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Myosin Subfragment ◽  
Myosin Subfragment 1 ◽  
One Step ◽  
Low Ionic Strength

Actin and myosin were immobilized by coupling them to agarose matrices. Both immobilized G-actin and immobilized myosin retain most of the properties of the proteins in free solution and are reliable over long periods of time. Sepharose-F-actin, under the conditions used in this study, has proved unstable and variable in its properties. Sepharose-G-actin columns were used to bind heavy meromyosin and myosin subfragment 1 specifically and reversibly. The interaction involved is sensitive to variation in ionic strength, such that myosin itself is not retained by the columns at the high salt concentration required for its complete solubilization. Myosin, rendered soluble at low ionic strength by polyalanylation, will interact successfully with the immobilized actin. The latter can distinguish between active and inactive fractions of the proteolytic and polyalanyl myosin derivatives, and was used in the preparation of these molecules. The complexes formed between the myosin derivatives and Sepharose-G-actin can be dissociated by low concentrations of ATP, ADP and pyrophosphate in both the presence and the absence of Mg2+. The G-actin columns were used to evaluate the results of chemical modifications of myosin subfragments on their interactions with actin. F-Actin in free solution is bound specifically and reversibly to columns of insolubilized myosin. Thus, with elution by either ATP or pyrophosphate, actin has been purified in one step from extracts of acetone-dried muscle powder.

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