F-actin-bundling sites are conserved in proteins with villin-type headpiece domains.

Molecular Biology of the Cell
Sudeep P GeorgeSeema Khurana

Abstract

Villin is a major actin-bundling protein that assembles the brush border of intestinal and renal epithelial cells. The villin "headpiece" domain and the actin-binding residues within it regulate its actin-bundling function. Substantial experimental and theoretical information about the three-dimensional structure of the isolated villin headpiece, including a description of the actin-binding residues within the headpiece, is available. Despite that, the actin-bundling site in the full-length (FL) villin protein remains unidentified. We used this existing villin headpiece nuclear magnetic resonance data and performed mutational analysis and functional assays to identify the actin-bundling site in FL human villin protein. By careful evaluation of these conserved actin-binding residues in human advillin protein, we demonstrate their functional significance in the over 30 proteins that contain a villin-type headpiece domain. Our study is the first that combines the available structural data on villin headpiece with functional assays to identify the actin-binding residues in FL villin that regulate its filament-bundling activity. Our findings could have wider implications for other actin-bundling proteins that contain a villin-type h...Continue Reading

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nuclear magnetic resonance
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