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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 145, Number 2, April 19, 1999 265-277

* Surgical Research Laboratory, San Francisco General Hospital, Departments of Surgery, Medicine, and Physiology, University
of California, San Francisco, California 94143; and In vitro transcription/translation of actin
cDNA and analysis of the translation products by native-PAGE was used to study the maturation pathway
of actin. During the course of actin synthesis, several
distinct actin-containing species were observed and the composition of each determined by immunological procedures. After synthesis of the first ~145 amino acids,
the nascent ribosome-associated actin chain binds to
the recently identified heteromeric chaperone protein,
prefoldin (PFD). PFD remains bound to the relatively unfolded actin polypeptide until its posttranslational
delivery to cytosolic chaperonin (CCT). We show that
Department of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, New
York, New York 10016
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-tubulin follow a similar maturation pathway,
but to date find no evidence for an interaction between
PFD and several noncytoskeletal proteins. We conclude
that PFD functions by selectively targeting nascent actin and tubulin chains pending their transfer to CCT for
final folding and/or assembly.
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