NMR solution structures of actin depolymerizing factor homology domains

Protein Sci. 2009 Nov;18(11):2384-92. doi: 10.1002/pro.248.

Abstract

Actin is one of the most conserved proteins in nature. Its assembly and disassembly are regulated by many proteins, including the family of actin-depolymerizing factor homology (ADF-H) domains. ADF-H domains can be divided into five classes: ADF/cofilin, glia maturation factor (GMF), coactosin, twinfilin, and Abp1/drebrin. The best-characterized class is ADF/cofilin. The other four classes have drawn much less attention and very few structures have been reported. This study presents the solution NMR structure of the ADF-H domain of human HIP-55-drebrin-like protein, the first published structure of a drebrin-like domain (mammalian), and the first published structure of GMF beta (mouse). We also determined the structures of mouse GMF gamma, the mouse coactosin-like domain and the C-terminal ADF-H domain of mouse twinfilin 1. Although the overall fold of the five domains is similar, some significant differences provide valuable insights into filamentous actin (F-actin) and globular actin (G-actin) binding, including the identification of binding residues on the long central helix. This long helix is stabilized by three or four residues. Notably, the F-actin binding sites of mouse GMF beta and GMF gamma contain two additional beta-strands not seen in other ADF-H structures. The G-actin binding site of the ADF-H domain of human HIP-55-drebrin-like protein is absent and distorted in mouse GMF beta and GMF gamma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actin Depolymerizing Factors / chemistry*
  • Actin Depolymerizing Factors / classification
  • Actin Depolymerizing Factors / genetics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites / genetics*
  • Glia Maturation Factor / chemistry
  • Glia Maturation Factor / genetics
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Microfilament Proteins / chemistry
  • Microfilament Proteins / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / methods*
  • Phylogeny
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Stability
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary / genetics*
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Structural Homology, Protein*

Substances

  • Actin Depolymerizing Factors
  • Cotl1 protein, mouse
  • Glia Maturation Factor
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Ptk9 protein, mouse

Associated data

  • PDB/1UDM
  • PDB/1V6F
  • PDB/1WFS
  • PDB/1X67
  • PDB/2D8B