Biomaterial Database

Isolation of a high molecular weight actin-binding protein from baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells. 1979

J A Schloss, and R D Goldman

A high molecular weight protein (HMWP) with properties similar to those of both actin-binding protein (ABP) and filamin has been isolated from cultured baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells. The protein was present in an actomyosin-depleted sucrose extract of the cells and was eluted, upon gel chromatography on Sepharose 4B, near the void volume. The subunit migration on sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gels and the amino acid composition of HMWP were similar to those of ABP and filamin. HMWP bound to and crosslinked F-actin from rabbit muscle, as shown by the formation of a gel that was sedimented with low-speed centrifugation. This interaction was insensitive to temperature and low concentrations of calcium ions, although it may depend on the presence of myosin. Observation of thin sections of the actin-HMWP gel revealed crosslinked complexes of laterally aggregated actin filaments. The axial period of the dense crosslinks was 34 nm. The HMWP may be involved in regulation of microfilament organization.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008970	Molecular Weight	The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule.	Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D002352	Carrier Proteins	Proteins that bind or transport specific substances in the blood, within the cell, or across cell membranes.	Binding Proteins,Carrier Protein,Transport Protein,Transport Proteins,Binding Protein,Protein, Carrier,Proteins, Carrier
D002460	Cell Line	Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely.	Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D005782	Gels	Colloids with a solid continuous phase and liquid as the dispersed phase; gels may be unstable when, due to temperature or other cause, the solid phase liquefies; the resulting colloid is called a sol.
D006224	Cricetinae	A subfamily in the family MURIDAE, comprising the hamsters. Four of the more common genera are Cricetus, CRICETULUS; MESOCRICETUS; and PHODOPUS.	Cricetus,Hamsters,Hamster
D000199	Actins	Filamentous proteins that are the main constituent of the thin filaments of muscle fibers. The filaments (known also as filamentous or F-actin) can be dissociated into their globular subunits; each subunit is composed of a single polypeptide 375 amino acids long. This is known as globular or G-actin. In conjunction with MYOSINS, actin is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle.	F-Actin,G-Actin,Actin,Isoactin,N-Actin,alpha-Actin,alpha-Isoactin,beta-Actin,gamma-Actin,F Actin,G Actin,N Actin,alpha Actin,alpha Isoactin,beta Actin,gamma Actin
D000596	Amino Acids	Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.	Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia