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  PEVK Domain of Titin: An Entropic Spring with Actin-Binding Properties

Linke, W. A., Kulke, M., Li, H., Fujita-Becker, S., Neagoea, C., Manstein, D. J., et al. (2002). PEVK Domain of Titin: An Entropic Spring with Actin-Binding Properties. Journal of Structural Biology, 137(1-2): 1, pp. 194-205. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jsbi.2002.4468.

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Alternative Title : J. Struct. Biol.

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Linke, Wolfgang A., Author
Kulke, Michael, Author
Li, Hongbin, Author
Fujita-Becker, Setsuko1, Author
Neagoea, Ciprian, Author
Manstein, Dietmar J.1, Author
Gautel, Mathias1, Author
Fernandez, Julio M., Author
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1Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Max Planck Society, ou_1753286              

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Free keywords: connectin; actin-binding protein; entropic elasticity; atomic force microscopy; immunoelectron microscopy
 Abstract: The PEVKdomain of the giant muscle protein titin is a proline-rich sequence with unknown secondary/tertiary structure. Here we compared the force-extension behavior of cloned cardiac PEVK titin measured by single-molecule atomic force spectroscopy with the extensibility of the PEVK domain measured in intact cardiac muscle sarcomeres. The analysis revealed that cardiac PEVK titin acts as an entropic spring with the properties of a random coil exhibiting mechanical conformations of different flexibility. Since in situ, titin is in close proximity to the thin filaments, we also studied whether the PEVK domain of cardiac or skeletal titin may interact with actin filaments. Interaction was indeed found in the in vitro motility assay, in which recombinant PEVK titin constructs slowed down the sliding velocity of actin filaments over myosin. Skeletal PEVK titin affected the actin sliding to a lesser degree than cardiac PEVK titin. The cardiac PEVK effect was partially suppressed by physiological Ca2+ concentrations, whereas the skeletal PEVK effect was independent of [Ca2+]. Cosedimentation assays confirmed the Ca2+-modulated actin-binding propensity of cardiac PEVK titin, but did not detect interaction between actin and skeletal PEVK titin. In myofibrils, the relatively weak actin-PEVK interaction gives rise to a viscous force component opposing filament sliding. Thus, the PEVK domain contributes not only to the extensibility of the sarcomere, but also affects contractile properties.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2002-01
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: eDoc: 41784
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jsbi.2002.4468
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Title: Journal of Structural Biology
  Alternative Title : J. Struct. Biol.
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 137 (1-2) Sequence Number: 1 Start / End Page: 194 - 205 Identifier: -