Isolation and characterization of two mutants of human profilin I that do not bind poly(L-proline)

FEBS Letters
C Björkegren-SjögrenR Karlsson

Abstract

A simple procedure for the isolation of profilin mutants having a reduced capacity to bind poly(L-proline) is used to isolate two mutants of human profilin I, W3N and H133S. Binding of the mutants to poly(L-proline), actin, and phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PIP2) was studied. Both mutations abolished the poly(L-proline)-binding activity of profilin. This suggests that the arrangement of the N- and C-terminal helices forming the poly(L-proline)-binding site depends on the stabilizing interaction between W3 and W31 in the underlying beta-strand, and that the H133S mutation in the C-terminal helix also must have distorted the arrangement of the terminal helices. Both mutations caused a reduced affinity for actin, with the W3N replacement having the most pronounced effect. This shows that structural changes in the poly(L-proline)-binding region of profilin can affect the distantly located actin-binding site. Thus, ligands influencing the structure of the poly(L-proline)-binding site may regulate actin polymerization through profilin. This is consonant with the finding that PIP2, which changes the tryptophan fluorescence in wild-type profilin and dissociates the profilin:actin complex in vitro, binds more strongly to the ...Continue Reading

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