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SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 340-349Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.12.002
Keywords
BAR; EFC; F-BAR; IMD; I-BAR; Membrane curvature; Endocytosis; Filopodia; Lamellipodia; Signal transduction
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)
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The Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs167 (BAR) domain superfamily consists of proteins containing the BAR domain, the extended FCH (EFC)/FCH-BAR (F-BAR) domain, or the IRSp53-MIM homology domain (IMD)/inverse BAR (I-BAR) domain. These domains bind membranes through electrostatic interactions between the negative charges of the membranes and the positive charges on the structural surface of homo-dimeric BAR domain superfamily members. Some BAR superfamily members have membrane-penetrating insertion loops, which also contribute to the membrane binding by the proteins. The membrane-binding surface of each BAR domain superfamily member has its own unique curvature that governs or senses the curvature of the membrane for BAR-domain binding. The wide range of BAR-domain surface curvatures correlates with the various invaginations and protrusions of cells. Therefore, each BAR domain superfamily member may generate and recognize the curvature of the membrane of each subcellular structure, such as clathrin-coated pits or filopodia. The BAR domain superfamily proteins may regulate their own catalytic activity or that of their binding proteins, depending on the membrane curvature of their corresponding subcellular structures. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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