1997年6月
p140mDia, a mammalian homolog of Drosophila diaphanous, is a target protein for Rho small GTPase and is a ligand for profilin
EMBO JOURNAL
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- 巻
- 16
- 号
- 11
- 開始ページ
- 3044
- 終了ページ
- 3056
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3044
- 出版者・発行元
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
Rho small GTPase regulates cell morphology, adhesion and cytokinesis through the actin cytoskeleton, We have identified a protein, pl40mDia, as a downstream effector of Rho, It is a mammalian homolog of Drosophila diaphanous, a protein required for cytokinesis, and belongs to a family of formin-related proteins containing repetitive polyproline stretches. pl40mDia binds selectively to the GTP-bound farm of Rho and also binds to profilin, pl40mDia, profilin and RhoA are co-localized in the spreading lamellae of cultured fibroblasts. They are also co-localized in membrane ruffles of phorbol ester-stimulated sMDCK2 cells, which extend these structures in a Rho-dependent manner, The three proteins are recruited around phagocytic cups induced by fibronectin-coated beads. Their recruitment is not induced after Rho is inactivated by microinjection of botulinum C3 exoenzyme, Overexpression of pl40mDia in COS-7 cells induced homogeneous actin filament formation. These results suggest that Rho regulates actin polymerization by targeting profilin via pl40mDia beneath the specific plasma membranes.
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- DOI : 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3044
- ISSN : 0261-4189
- eISSN : 1460-2075
- Web of Science ID : WOS:A1997XE74800008