Proteomic analysis of lysine acetylation sites in rat tissues reveals organ specificity and subcellular patterns

Alicia Lundby, Kasper Lage Hansen, Brian Tate Weinert, Dorte Breinholt Bekker-Jensen, Anna Secher, Tine Skovgaard, Christian Kelstrup, Anatoliy Dmytriyev, Chuna Ram Choudhary, Carsten Lundby, Jesper Velgaard Olsen

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Abstract

The local interaction of F-actin with myosin-II motor filaments and crosslinking proteins is crucial for the force generation, dynamics, and reorganization of the intracellular cytoskeleton. By using a bottom-up approach, we are able to show that the contractility of reconstituted active actin systems is tightly controlled by the local pH. The pH-dependent intrinsic crossbridge strength of myosin-II is identified to account for a sharp transition of the actin/myosin-II activity from noncontractile to contractile by a change in pH of only 0.1. This pH-dependent contractility is a generic feature, which is observed in all studied crosslinked actin/myosin-II systems. The specific type and concentration of crosslinking protein allows one to sensitively adjust the range of pH where contraction occurs, which can recover the behavior found in Xenopus laevis oocyte extracts. Small variations in pH provide a mechanism of controlling the contractility of cytoskeletal structures, which can be expected to have broad implications in our understanding of cytoskeletal regulation

Original languageEnglish
JournalCell Reports
Volume2
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)419-431
Number of pages13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Aug 2012

Keywords

  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

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