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
2017
The repeat region of cortactin is intrinsically disordered in solution
Li X, Tao Y, Murphy JW, Scherer AN, Lam TT, Marshall AG, Koleske AJ, Boggon TJ. The repeat region of cortactin is intrinsically disordered in solution. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 16696. PMID: 29196701, PMCID: PMC5711941, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16959-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortactin repeatsRepeat regionActin filamentsHydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometryAdjacent helical regionsMulti-domain proteinsExchange mass spectrometryExtensive biophysical analysisCircular dichroismHydrophobic core regionSmall-angle X-ray scatteringBiophysical analysisHelical regionCortactinRepeatsSimilar copiesUnfolded peptidesProteinMotifSize exclusion chromatographyMass spectrometryFilamentsExclusion chromatographyX-ray scatteringRegion