Article
The extreme C-terminal region of kindlin-2 is critical to its regulation of integrin activation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Aug 2017
Hirbawi Jamila, Bialkowska Katarzyna, Bledzka Kamila M, Liu Jianmin, Fukuda Koichi, Qin Jun, Plow Edward F
Abstract excerpt
Kindlin-2 (K2), a 4.1R-ezrin-radixin-moesin (FERM) domain adaptor protein, mediates numerous cellular responses, including integrin activation. The C-terminal 15-amino acid sequence of K2 is remarkably conserved across species but is absent in canonical FERM proteins, including talin. In CHO cells expressing integrin αIIbβ3, co-expression of K2 with talin head domain resulted in robust integrin activation, but...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- CHO Cells
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cricetulus
- Gene Deletion
- Humans
- Integrin alpha2
- Integrin beta3
- Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute
- Luminescent Proteins
