Interaction of Presenilins with the Filamin Family of Actin-Binding Proteins

Interaction of presenilins with the filamin family of actin-binding proteins.

Mutations in presenilin genes PS1 and PS2 account for approximately 50% of early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). The PS1 and PS2 genes encode highly homologous transmembrane proteins related to the Caenorhabditis elegans sel-12 and spe-4 gene products. A hydrophilic loop region facing the cytoplasmic compartment is likely to be functionally important because at least 14 mutations in F...

Interaction of filamin with f-actin in solution.

Filamin is a major high-molecular-weight protein in smooth muscle which was recently identified and isolated [Wang, K., Ash, J. F. & Singer, S. J. (1975) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 72, 4483-4486]. In the present studies, we shown that highly purified chicken gizzard filamin and muscle F-actin react in solution to form aggregates containing both proteins. Occasionally, these aggregates coagul...

Filamin: A Family of Mechanosensory Scaffold Proteins

Further characterization of the alpha-actinin-actin interface and comparison with filamin-binding sites on actin.

The interaction between alpha-actinin and actin was further characterized using natural and synthetic peptides of actin together with anti-actin antibodies of known specificity. We demonstrated that two alpha-actinin binding sequences on actin are located within residues 112-125 and 360-372. Each peptide was shown to directly bind alpha-actinin and was able to dissociate the alpha-actinin-actin...

the evaluation of language related engagment and task related engagment with the purpose of investigating the effect of metatalk and task typology

abstract while task-based instruction is considered as the most effective way to learn a language in the related literature, it is oversimplified on various grounds. different variables may affect how students are engaged with not only the language but also with the task itself. the present study was conducted to investigate language and task related engagement on the basis of the task typolog...