Novel actin crosslinker superfamily member identified by a two step degenerate PCR procedure

Timothy J. Byers; Alan H. Beggs; Elizabeth M. McNally; Louis M. Kunkel

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(95)00722-L

Novel actin crosslinker superfamily member identified by a two step degenerate PCR procedure

Timothy J. Byers^*, Alan H. Beggs, Elizabeth M. McNally, Louis M. Kunkel

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Medicine, Cardiology Division

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Abstract

Actin-crosslinking proteins link F-actin into the bundles and networks that constitute the cytoskeleton. Dystrophin, β-spectrin, α-actinin, ABP-120, ABP-280, and fimbrin share homologous actin-binding domains and comprise an actin crosslinker superfamily. We have identified a novel member of this superfamily (ACF7) using a degenerate primer-mediated PCR strategy that was optimized to resolve less-abundant superfamily sequences. The ACF7 gene is on human chromosome 1 and hybridizes to high molecular weight bands on northern blots. Sequence comparisons argue that ACF7 does not fit into one of the existing families, but represents a new class within the superfamily.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	500-504
Number of pages	5
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	368
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(95)00722-L
State	Published - Jul 24 1995

Keywords

Actin-binding protein
Dystrophin
Human brain
Multigene family
Polymerase chain reaction
β-Spectrin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biophysics
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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