α-Synemin contains a unique 312 amino acid insert near the end of its C-terminal tail. Therefore we set out to determine if the insert is a site of protein-protein interaction that regulates the sub-cellular localization of this large isoform of synemin. Yeast-two hybrid analysis indicated that this region is a binding site for the M10 region of titin. This was confirmed with GST pull-down assays. Co-immunoprecipitation of endogenous proteins indicated close association of the two proteins in vivo and immunostaining of cardiomyocytes demonstrated co-localization of the proteins at the M-band of the sarcomere.
Keywords: A-kinase anchoring protein; Cytoskeleton; Intermediate filament; Protein kinase A; Signal transduction; Synemin.
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