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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2016

The SH3 domain of UNC-89 (obscurin) interacts with paramyosin, a coiled-coil protein, in Caenorhabditis elegans muscle.

Hiroshi Qadota, Olga Mayans, Yohei Matsunaga, Jonathan L McMurry, Kristy J Wilson, Grace E Kwon, Rachel Stanford, Kevin Deehan, Tina L Tinley, Verra M Ngwa and 1 more

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hiroshi QadotaDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Olga MayansDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Yohei MatsunagaDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Jonathan L McMurryDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144.
Kristy J WilsonDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Grace E KwonDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Rachel StanfordDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Kevin DeehanDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Tina L TinleyDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Verra M NgwaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144.
Guy M BenianDepartment of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 pathgb@emory.edu.
Emory University · USKennesaw State University · USUniversity of Konstanz · DE

Funding

Role of UNC-89 (obscurin) in sarcomere assembly and maintenance.R01AR064307 · NIAMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BENIAN, GUY MARTIN · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
Peach State Bridges to the DoctorateR25GM111565 · NIGMS · KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BRANDS, MICHAEL W., GIBSON, GREGORY C · 2015 to 2019
$1.0M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR064307NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM111565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

UNC-89 is a giant polypeptide located at the sarcomeric M-line of Caenorhabditis elegans muscle. The human homologue is obscurin. To understand how UNC-89 is localized and functions, we have been identifying its binding partners. Screening a yeast two-hybrid library revealed that UNC-89 interacts with paramyosin. Paramyosin is an invertebrate-specific coiled-coil dimer protein that is homologous to the rod portion of myosin heavy chains and resides in thick filament cores. Minimally, this interaction requires UNC-89's SH3 domain and residues 294-376 of paramyosin and has a KD of ∼1.1 μM. In unc-89 loss-of-function mutants that lack the SH3 domain, paramyosin is found in accumulations. When the SH3 domain is overexpressed, paramyosin is mislocalized. SH3 domains usually interact with a proline-rich consensus sequence, but the region of paramyosin that interacts with UNC-89's SH3 is α-helical and lacks prolines. Homology modeling of UNC-89's SH3 suggests structural features that might be responsible for this interaction. The SH3-binding region of paramyosin contains a "skip residue," which is likely to locally unwind the coiled-coil and perhaps contributes to the binding specificity.

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Actin CytoskeletonAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsMuscle ProteinsMusclesPeptidesProtein BindingSarcomeressrc Homology DomainsStructure-Activity RelationshipTropomyosinCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsMuscle ProteinsPeptidesTropomyosinUnc-89 protein, C elegans

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PMCPMC4865318
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