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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2008

UNC-98 and UNC-96 interact with paramyosin to promote its incorporation into thick filaments of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Rachel K Miller, Hiroshi Qadota, Kristina B Mercer, Kim M Gernert, Guy M Benian

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel K MillerDepartment of Pathology, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and BIMCORE (Molecular Graphics), Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Hiroshi Qadota
Kristina B Mercer
Kim M Gernert
Guy M Benian
National Institute of Pathology · INEmory University · US

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM008490 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BOSS, JEREMY M. · 1993 to 2022
$8.0M
Nematode UNC-98 functions in focal adhensions and nucleiR01AR052133 · NIAMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BENIAN, GUY MARTIN · 2005 to 2009
$1.2M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR052133NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR052133NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in unc-96 or -98 cause reduced motility and a characteristic defect in muscle structure: by polarized light microscopy birefringent needles are found at the ends of muscle cells. Anti-paramyosin stains the needles in unc-96 and -98 mutant muscle. However there is no difference in the overall level of paramyosin in wild-type, unc-96, and -98 animals. Anti-UNC-98 and anti-paramyosin colocalize in the paramyosin accumulations of missense alleles of unc-15 (encodes paramyosin). Anti-UNC-96 and anti-UNC-98 have diffuse localization within muscles of unc-15 null mutants. By immunoblot, in the absence of paramyosin, UNC-98 is diminished, whereas in paramyosin missense mutants, UNC-98 is increased. unc-98 and -15 or unc-96 and -15 interact genetically either as double heterozygotes or as double homozygotes. By yeast two-hybrid assay and ELISAs using purified proteins, UNC-98 interacts with paramyosin residues 31-693, whereas UNC-96 interacts with a separate region of paramyosin, residues 699-798. The importance of surface charge of this 99 residue region for UNC-96 binding was shown. Paramyosin lacking the C-terminal UNC-96 binding region fails to localize throughout A-bands. We propose a model in which UNC-98 and -96 may act as chaperones to promote the incorporation of paramyosin into thick filaments.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBase SequenceCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCytoskeletonDNA, HelminthGenes, HelminthModels, BiologicalMuscle ProteinsMutation, MissenseProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingRecombinant ProteinsTropomyosinCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCarrier ProteinsDNA, HelminthMuscle ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsTropomyosinUNC-15 protein, C elegansUNC-96 protein, C elegansUNC-98 protein, C elegans

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PMID18256289
PMCPMC2291434
OpenAlexW2164601331

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