2018
Cortactin stabilization of actin requires actin-binding repeats and linker, is disrupted by specific substitutions, and is independent of nucleotide state
Scherer AN, Anand NS, Koleske AJ. Cortactin stabilization of actin requires actin-binding repeats and linker, is disrupted by specific substitutions, and is independent of nucleotide state. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2018, 293: 13022-13032. PMID: 29929984, PMCID: PMC6109930, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.004068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematopoietic cell-specific Lyn substrate 1Nucleotide stateActin bindingActin filamentsTotal internal reflection fluorescence microscopyActin-binding proteins cortactinActin cosedimentation assaysActin-rich structuresHigh-affinity actin bindingADP-actin filamentsReflection fluorescence microscopyAdjacent linker regionActin filament bindingArp2/3 complexCortactin repeatsCellular functionsActin stabilityCosedimentation assaysActin stabilizationProtein cortactinLamellipodial protrusionGTPase regulatorFilament depolymerizationLinker regionActin depolymerization
2012
Arg/Abl2 Modulates the Affinity and Stoichiometry of Binding of Cortactin to F‑Actin
MacGrath SM, Koleske AJ. Arg/Abl2 Modulates the Affinity and Stoichiometry of Binding of Cortactin to F‑Actin. Biochemistry 2012, 51: 6644-6653. PMID: 22849492, PMCID: PMC3556572, DOI: 10.1021/bi300722t.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStoichiometry of bindingF-actinTerminal calponin homology domainRecruitment of cortactinActin cosedimentation assaysArp2/3 complex activatorsCell edge protrusionActin network assemblyCalponin homology domainProtein-protein interactionsCortactin bindsHomology domainActin cytoskeletonArg CDeletion mutantsCosedimentation assaysFilamentous actinEdge protrusionComplex activatorActin binding propertiesCortactinActin filamentsNetwork assemblyDownstream effectsBinding