Contributions of the structural domains of filensin in polymer formation and filament distribution

dc.contributor.authorGoulielmos, G.en
dc.contributor.authorRemington, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSchwesinger, F.en
dc.contributor.authorGeorgatos, S. D.en
dc.contributor.authorGounari, F.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:27:19Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:27:19Z
dc.identifier.issn0021-9533-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/22799
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dc.subjectAmino Acid Sequenceen
dc.subjectAnimalsen
dc.subjectBase Sequenceen
dc.subjectCHO Cellsen
dc.subjectCattleen
dc.subjectCricetinaeen
dc.subjectDNA Primersen
dc.subjectEye Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolismen
dc.subjectGene Expressionen
dc.subjectIntermediate Filament Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolismen
dc.subjectIntermediate Filaments/*physiologyen
dc.subjectMiceen
dc.subjectMolecular Sequence Dataen
dc.subjectPolymersen
dc.subjectRecombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/metabolismen
dc.subjectStructure-Activity Relationshipen
dc.subjectTumor Cells, Cultureden
dc.titleContributions of the structural domains of filensin in polymer formation and filament distributionen
heal.abstractFilensin and phakinin constitute the subunits of a heteropolymeric, lens-specific intermediate filament (IF) system known as the beaded-chain filaments (BFs). Since the rod of filensin is four heptads shorter than the rods of all other IF proteins, we decided to examine the specific contribution of this protein in filament assembly. For these purposes, we constructed chimeric proteins in which regions of filensin were exchanged with the equivalent ones of vimentin, a self-polymerizing IF protein. Our in vitro studies show that the filensin rod domain does not allow homopolymeric filament elongation. However, the filensin rod is necessary for co-polymerization of filensin with phakinin and seems to counteract the inherent tendency of the latter protein to homopolymerize into large, laterally associated filament bundles. Apart from the rod domain, the presence of an authentic or substituted tail domain in filensin is also essential for co-assembly with the naturally tail-less phakinin and formation of extended filaments in vitro. Finally, transfection experiments in CHO and MCF-7 cells show that the rod domain of filensin plays an important role in de novo filament formation and distribution. The same type of analysis further suggests that the end-domains of filensin interact with cell-specific, assembly-modulating factors.en
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heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8838668-
heal.journalNameJ Cell Scien
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
heal.languageen-
heal.publicationDate1996-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.type.enJournal articleen

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