RGD Reference Report - Interaction of the p62 subunit of dynactin with Arp1 and the cortical actin cytoskeleton. - Rat Genome Database

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Interaction of the p62 subunit of dynactin with Arp1 and the cortical actin cytoskeleton.

Authors: Garces, JA  Clark, IB  Meyer, DI  Vallee, RB 
Citation: Garces JA, etal., Curr Biol 1999 Dec 16-30;9(24):1497-500.
RGD ID: 70710
Pubmed: PMID:10607597   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Targeting of the minus-end directed microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein to a wide array of intracellular substrates appears to be mediated by an accessory factor known as dynactin [1-4]. Dynactin is a multi-subunit complex that contains a short actin-related protein 1 (Arp 1) filament with capZ at the barbed end and p62 at the pointed end [5]. The location of the p62 subunit and the proposed role for dynactin as a multifunctional targeting complex raise the possibility of a dual role for p62 in dynein targeting and in Arp1 pointed-end capping. In order to gain further insight into the role of p62 in dynactin function, we have cloned cDNAs that encode two full-length isoforms of the protein from rat brain. We found that p62 is homologous to the nuclear migration protein Ropy-2 from Neurospora [6]; both proteins contain a zinc-binding motif that resembles the LIM domain of several other cytoskeletal proteins [7]. Overexpression of p62 in cultured mammalian cells revealed colocalization with cortical actin, stress fibers, and focal adhesion sites, sites of potential interaction between microtubules and the cell cortex [8,9]. The p62 protein also colocalized with polymers of overexpressed wild-type or barbed-end-mutant Arp1, but not with a pointed-end mutant. Deletion of the LIM domain abolished targeting of p62 to focal-adhesion sites but did not interfere with binding of p62 to actin or Arp1. These data implicate p62 in Arp1 pointed-end binding and suggest additional roles in linking dynein and dynactin to the cortical cytoskeleton.




Cellular Component

  
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Dctn4Ratfocal adhesion located_inIDA  RGD 
Dctn4Ratkinetochore  IDA  RGD 
Dctn4Ratspindle pole  IDA  RGD 
Dctn4Ratstress fiber located_inIDA  RGD 


Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Dctn4  (dynactin subunit 4)