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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 150, Issue 1, Pages 253-264Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.1.253
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UNC-112; integrin; muscle development; adhesion complex; FERM superfamily
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Embryos homozygous for mutations in the unc-52, pat-2, pat-3, and unc-112 genes of C. elegans exhibit a similar Pat phenotype, Myosin and actin are not organized into sarcomeres in the body wall muscle cells of these mutants, and dense body and M-line components fail to assemble. The unc-52 (perlecan), pat-2 (alpha-integrin), and pat-3 (P-integrin) genes encode ECM or transmembrane proteins found at the cell-matrix adhesion sites of both dense bodies and M-lines. This study describes the identification of the unc-112 gene product, a novel, membrane-associated, intracellular protein that colocalizes with integrin at cell-matrix adhesion complexes. The 720-amino acid UNC-112 protein is homologous to Mig-2, a human protein of unknown function. These two proteins share a region of homology with talin and members of the FERM super-family of proteins. We have determined that a functional UNC-112:: GFP fusion protein colocalizes with PAT-3/beta-integrin in both adult and embryonic body wall muscle. We also have determined that UNC-112 is required to organize PAT-3/beta-integrin after it is integrated into the basal cell membrane, but is not required to organize UNC-52/perlecan in the basement membrane, nor for DEB-1/vinculin to localize with PAT-3/beta-integrin, Furthermore, UNC-112 requires the presence of UNC-52/perlecan and PAT-YP-integrin, but not DEB-1/vinculin to become localized to the muscle cell membrane.
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