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MOLECULAR MEMBRANE BIOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 376-387Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09687680802269886
Keywords
integrin cytoplasmic tails; transmembrane helices; talin; protein-protein interactions; integrin activation
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [U54GM064346, R24GM063126] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIGMS NIH HHS [U54 GM064346, R24 GM063126-01] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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Integrins are heterodimeric membrane-spanning adhesion receptors that are essential for a wide range of biological functions. Control of integrin conformational states is required for bidirectional signalling across the membrane. Key components of this control mechanism are the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of the alpha and beta subunits. These domains are believed to interact, holding the integrin in the inactive state, while inside-out integrin activation is accompanied by domain separation. Although there are strong indications for domain interactions, the majority of evidence is insufficient to precisely define the interaction interface. The current best model of the complex, derived from computational calculations with experimental restraints, suggests that integrin activation by the cytoplasmic protein talin is accomplished by steric disruption of the alpha/beta interface. Better atomic-level resolution structures of the aleph/beta transmembrane/cytoplasmic domain complex are still required for the resting state integrin to corroborate this. Integrin activation is also controlled by competitive interactions involving the cytoplasmic domains, particularly the beta-tails. The concept of the beta integrin tail as a focal adhesion interaction 'hub' for interactions and regulation is discussed. Current efforts to define the structure and affinity of the various complexes formed by integrin tails, and how these interactions are controlled, e.g. by phosphorylation and localization, are described.
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