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ArticleCell research2012

Nudel is crucial for the WAVE complex assembly in vivo by selectively promoting subcomplex stability and formation through direct interactions.

Shuang Wu, Li Ma, Yibo Wu, Rong Zeng, Xueliang Zhu

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Article in Cell research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuang WuState Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China.
Li Ma
Yibo Wu
Rong Zeng
Xueliang Zhu
Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The WAVE regulatory complex (WRC), consisting of WAVE, Sra, Nap, Abi, and HSPC300, activates the Arp2/3 complex to control branched actin polymerization in response to Rac activation. How the WRC is assembled in vivo is not clear. Here we show that Nudel, a protein critical for lamellipodia formation, dramatically stabilized the Sra1-Nap1-Abi1 complex against degradation in cells through a dynamic binding to Sra1, whereas its physical interaction with HSPC300 protected free HSPC300 from the proteasome-mediated degradation and stimulated the HSPC300-WAVE2 complex formation. By contrast, Nudel showed little or no interactions with the Sra1-Nap1-Abi1-WAVE2 and the Sra1-Nap1-Abi1-HSPC300 complexes as well as the mature WRC. Depletion of Nudel by RNAi led to general subunit degradation and markedly attenuated the levels of mature WRC. It also abolished the WRC-dependent actin polymerization in vitro and the Rac1-induced lamellipodial actin network formation during cell spreading. Therefore, Nudel is important for the early steps of the WRC assembly in vivo by antagonizing the instability of certain WRC subunits and subcomplexes.

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ActinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCarrier ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsGene Expression RegulationHalf-LifeHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansMultiprotein ComplexesPlasmidsPolymerizationProtein Interaction MappingProteinsProtein StabilityProteolysisABI1 protein, humanActinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBRK1 protein, humanCarrier ProteinsCYFIP1 protein, humanCytoskeletal ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesNDEL1 protein, humanProteinsTRMO protein, humantRNA MethyltransferasesWASF2 protein, humanWiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Family

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PMID22453242
PMCPMC3411165
OpenAlexW2023751549

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