TY - JOUR
T1 - Thymosin β10 and thymosin β4 are both actin monomer sequestering proteins
AU - Yu, Fu Xin
AU - Lin, Sheng Cai
AU - Morrison-Bogorad, Marcelle
AU - Atkinson, Mark A L
AU - Yin, Helen L.
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Copyright 2004 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1993/1/5
Y1 - 1993/1/5
N2 - The β-thymosins are a family of related peptides. Recently, thymosin β4 was identified as a significant actin monomer sequestering protein in cells. To determine if other β-thymosins also bind actin, and how they may participate in the regulation of actin polymerization, we expressed thymosin β4 and its major homolog, thymosin β10, in bacteria and characterized their interactions with actin. Equilibrium sedimentation studies showed that thymosin β4 behaved as a monomeric protein in solution. Both β-thymosins bound skeletal muscle actin and inhibited actin polymerization with similar Kd values (between 0.7-1 μM). They were not inhibited by polyphosphoinositides. Kinetic measurements showed that at high ratios of β-thymosin to actin, β-thymosin decreased the rate of barbed end filament growth. However, in spite of a close agreement between the kinetic and steady state Kd values, the rate of barbed end filament growth was slightly, but reproducibly, larger than expected, and this deviation was particularly noticeable at lower ratios of β-thymosin to actin. We conclude that unlike profilin, β-thymosins are primarily actin monomer sequestering proteins, although some aspects of their interactions with actin are still not completely understood.
AB - The β-thymosins are a family of related peptides. Recently, thymosin β4 was identified as a significant actin monomer sequestering protein in cells. To determine if other β-thymosins also bind actin, and how they may participate in the regulation of actin polymerization, we expressed thymosin β4 and its major homolog, thymosin β10, in bacteria and characterized their interactions with actin. Equilibrium sedimentation studies showed that thymosin β4 behaved as a monomeric protein in solution. Both β-thymosins bound skeletal muscle actin and inhibited actin polymerization with similar Kd values (between 0.7-1 μM). They were not inhibited by polyphosphoinositides. Kinetic measurements showed that at high ratios of β-thymosin to actin, β-thymosin decreased the rate of barbed end filament growth. However, in spite of a close agreement between the kinetic and steady state Kd values, the rate of barbed end filament growth was slightly, but reproducibly, larger than expected, and this deviation was particularly noticeable at lower ratios of β-thymosin to actin. We conclude that unlike profilin, β-thymosins are primarily actin monomer sequestering proteins, although some aspects of their interactions with actin are still not completely understood.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8416954
AN - SCOPUS:0027510119
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 268
SP - 502
EP - 509
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 1
ER -