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EPI64 regulates microvillar subdomains and structure
Correspondence to Anthony Bretscher: apb5{at}cornell.edu
EPI64 is a TBC domain–containing protein that binds the PDZ domains of EBP50, which binds ezrin, a major actin-binding protein of microvilli. High-resolution light microscopy revealed that ezrin and EBP50 localize exclusively to the membrane-surrounded region of microvilli, whereas EPI64 localizes to variable regions in the structures. Overexpressing EPI64 results in its and EBP50's relocalization to the base of microvilli, including to the actin rootlet devoid of ezrin or plasma membrane. Uncoupling EPI64's binding to EBP50, expression of any construct mislocalizing its TBC domain, or knock down of EBP50 results in loss of microvilli. The TBC domain of EPI64 binds directly to Arf6-GTP. Overexpressing the TBC domain increases Arf6-GTP levels, and expressing dominant-active Arf6 results in microvillar loss. These data reveal that microvilli have distinct cytoskeletal subdomains and that EPI64 regulates microvillar structure.
D.N. Chamber's present address is Department of Biology, Concord University, Athens, WV 24712.
Abbreviations used in this paper: C-ERMAD, C-terminal ERM association domain; EBP50, ERM binding phosphoprotein of 50 kD; EPI64, EBP50 PDZ interactor of 64 kD; ERM, ezrin/radixin/moesin; FERM, 4.1 ERM; PDZ, postsynaptic density/95-discs large/zona occludens-1; GAP, GTPase activating protein; TBC, Tre-2/Bub2/Cdc16.
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