期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 27, 期 22, 页码 2943-2954出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.211
关键词
actin assembly; capping protein; Ena/VASP proteins; processivity; TIRF microscopy
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [FA 330/4-1]
- City of Vienna/Zentrum fuer Innovation und Technologie
- Center of Molecular and Cellular Nanostructure
Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) is a key regulator of dynamic actin structures like filopodia and lamellipodia, but its precise function in their formation is controversial. Using in vitro TIRF microscopy, we show for the first time that both human and Dictyostelium VASP are directly involved in accelerating filament elongation by delivering monomeric actin to the growing barbed end. In solution, DdVASP markedly accelerated actin filament elongation in a concentration-dependent manner but was inhibited by low concentrations of capping protein (CP). In striking contrast, VASP clustered on functionalized beads switched to processive filament elongation that became insensitive even to very high concentrations of CP. Supplemented with the in vivo analysis of VASP mutants and an EM structure of the protein, we propose a mechanism by which membrane-associated VASP oligomers use their WH2 domains to effect both the tethering of actin filaments and their processive elongation in sites of active actin assembly.
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