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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Actin is composed of two well-separated globular domains which are further subdivided into two subdomains [Kabsch, W., Mannherz, H. G., Suck, D., Pai, E. F., & Holmes, K. C. (1990) Nature 347, 37-44]. Subdomains 1 and 2 constitute the small domain, and subdomains 3 and 4 comprise the large domain. In order to test a hinge bending domain motion in actin such as observed in many kinases, fluorescence resonance energy transfer between two probes attached to each of the two domains was measured by steady-state and time-resolved fluorometers. The adenine base is bound in a hydrophobic pocket between subdomains 3 and 4, and Tyr-69 is located at subdomain 2. In the present study, the adenine moiety was labeled with a fluorescence donor, epsilon ATP, and tyrosine-69 was labeled with the energy acceptor, dansyl chloride. Assuming the random orientation factor k2 = 2/3, the distance between epsilon-adenine moiety and dansyl chloride attached to Tyr-69 in G-actin was determined to be 2.46 nm from steady-state fluorescence measurements. The addition of DNase I did not appreciably change the distance (less than 0.1 nm). The distance decreased to 2.27 nm during polymerization by the addition of phalloidin under physiological salt conditions. On the other hand, time-resolved fluorescence energy transfer measurements have been used to investigate a distribution of distances for a donor-acceptor pair. In G-actin, the mean distance between probes was 2.79 nm with a full width at half-maximum of 3.91 nm, indicating a large number of conformational substates in solution.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10171-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Domain motion in actin observed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Applied Chemistry and BioTechnology, Fukui University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't