RRC ID |
29104
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Author |
Choi CH, Thomason PA, Zaki M, Insall RH, Barber DL.
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Title |
Phosphorylation of actin-related protein 2 (Arp2) is required for normal development and cAMP chemotaxis in Dictyostelium.
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Journal |
J Biol Chem
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Abstract |
Phosphorylation of the actin-related protein 2 (Arp2) subunit of the Arp2/3 complex on evolutionarily conserved threonine and tyrosine residues was recently identified and shown to be necessary for nucleating activity of the Arp2/3 complex and membrane protrusion of Drosophila cells. Here we use the Dictyostelium diploid system to replace the essential Arp2 protein with mutants that cannot be phosphorylated at Thr-235/6 and Tyr-200. We found that aggregation of the resulting mutant cells after starvation was substantially slowed with delayed early developmental gene expression and that chemotaxis toward a cAMP gradient was defective with loss of polarity and attenuated F-actin assembly. Chemotaxis toward cAMP was also diminished with reduced cell speed and directionality and shorter pseudopod lifetime when Arp2 phosphorylation mutant cells were allowed to develop longer to a responsive state similar to that of wild-type cells. However, clathrin-mediated endocytosis and chemotaxis under agar to folate in vegetative cells were only subtly affected in Arp2 phosphorylation mutants. Thus, phosphorylation of threonine and tyrosine is important for a subset of the functions of the Arp2/3 complex, in particular an unexpected major role in regulating development.
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Volume |
288(4)
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Pages |
2464-74
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Published |
2013-1-25
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DOI |
10.1074/jbc.M112.435313
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PII |
S0021-9258(20)46516-0
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PMID |
23223240
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PMC |
PMC3554915
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MeSH |
Actin Cytoskeleton / metabolism
Actin-Related Protein 2 / chemistry*
Actins / metabolism
Alleles
Animals
Cell Movement
Chemotaxis
Cyclic AMP / metabolism*
Dictyostelium / metabolism*
Endocytosis
Models, Biological
Mutation
Phosphorylation
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / methods
Tyrosine / chemistry
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IF |
4.238
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Times Cited |
13
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WOS Category
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BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Resource |
Cellular slime molds |
S90278 |