Biochemical Activities of the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Homology Region 2 Domains of Sarcomere Length Short.

Tóth, Mónika Ágnes and Majoros, Andrea Kinga and Leipold Vig, Andrea and Migh, Ede and Nyitrai, Miklós and Mihály, József and Bugyi, Beáta (2016) Biochemical Activities of the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Homology Region 2 Domains of Sarcomere Length Short. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 291. pp. 667-680. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

Drosophila melanogaster Sarcomere Length Short (SALS) is a recently identified Wiskott - Aldrich syndrome protein homology 2 (WH2) domain protein involved in skeletal muscle thin filament regulation. SALS was shown to be important for the establishment of the proper length and organization of sarcomeric actin filaments. Here we present the first detailed characterization of the biochemical activities of the tandem WH2 domains of SALS (SALS-WH2). Our results revealed that SALS-WH2 binds both monomeric and filamentous actin and shifts the monomer : filament equilibrium towards monomeric actin. In addition, SALS-WH2 can bind to but fails to depolymerize phalloidin-, or jasplakinolide-bound actin filaments. These interactions endow SALS-WH2 with two major activities in the regulation of actin dynamics: SALS-WH2 sequesters actin monomers into non-polymerizable complexes and enhances actin filament disassembly by severing, which is modulated by tropomyosin. We also show that profilin does not influence the activities of the WH2 domains of SALS in actin dynamics. In conclusion, the tandem WH2 domains of SALS are multifunctional regulators of actin dynamics. Our findings suggest that the activities of the WH2 domains do not reconstitute the presumed biological function of the full-length protein. Consequently, the interactions of the WH2 domains of SALS with actin must be tuned in the cellular context by other modules of the protein and/or sarcomeric components for its proper functioning.

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