Interactions of drebrin and gephyrin with profilin.
Profilin is an actin monomer-binding protein which stimulates actin polymerization. Recent studies have revealed that profilin interacts with VASP, Mena, Bnilp, Bnrlp, and mDia, all of which have the proline-rich domain. Here, we isolated three profilin-binding proteins from rat brain cytosol by glutathione S-transferase-profilin affinity column chromatography and identified them ... as Mena, drebrin, and gephyrin. These proteins had a proline-rich domain and directly interacted with profilin.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Brain, Carrier Proteins, Contractile Proteins, Cytosol, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Microfilament Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Neuropeptides, Peptide Mapping, Profilins, Proline, Protein Binding, Rats, Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Brain, Carrier Proteins, Contractile Proteins, Cytosol, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Microfilament Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Neuropeptides, Peptide Mapping, Profilins, Proline, Protein Binding, Rats, Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
Date: Feb. 04, 1998
PubMed ID: 9473484
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