Association of the leukocyte plasma membrane with the actin cytoskeleton through coiled coil-mediated trimeric coronin 1 molecules

Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Jun;16(6):2786-98. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e05-01-0042. Epub 2005 Mar 30.

Abstract

Coronin 1 is a member of the coronin protein family specifically expressed in leukocytes and accumulates at sites of rearrangements of the F-actin cytoskeleton. Here, we describe that coronin 1 molecules are coiled coil-mediated homotrimeric complexes, which associate with the plasma membrane and with the cytoskeleton via two distinct domains. Association with the cytoskeleton was mediated by trimerization of a stretch of positively charged residues within a linker region between the N-terminal, WD repeat-containing domain and the C-terminal coiled coil. In contrast, neither the coiled coil nor the positively charged residues within the linker domain were required for plasma membrane binding, suggesting that the N-terminal, WD repeat-containing domain mediates membrane interaction. The capacity of coronin 1 to link the leukocyte cytoskeleton to the plasma membrane may serve to integrate outside-inside signaling with modulation of the cytoskeleton.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Introns
  • Jurkat Cells
  • Leukocytes / cytology*
  • Macrophages / cytology
  • Mice
  • Microfilament Proteins / chemistry
  • Microfilament Proteins / genetics
  • Microfilament Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Microfilament Proteins / metabolism*
  • Microfilament Proteins / ultrastructure
  • Models, Biological
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Isoforms / chemistry
  • Protein Isoforms / genetics
  • Protein Isoforms / metabolism
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Subcellular Fractions / metabolism

Substances

  • Actins
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Protein Isoforms
  • coronin proteins