The molecular basis of filamin binding to integrins and competition with talin

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2006

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Kiema, T.
Lad, Y.
Jiang, P.
Oxley, C.
Baldassarre, M.
Wegener, K.
Campbell, I.
Ylanne, J.
Calderwood, D.

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Molecular Cell, 2006; 21(3):337-347

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Tiila Kiema, Yatish Lad, Pengju Jiang, Camilla L. Oxley, Massimiliano Baldassarre, Kate L. Wegener, Iain D. Campbell, Jari Ylänne and David A. Calderwood

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The ability of adhesion receptors to transmit biochemical signals and mechanical force across cell membranes depends on interactions with the actin cytoskeleton. Filamins are large, actin-crosslinking proteins that connect multiple transmembrane and signaling proteins to the cytoskeleton. Here, we describe the high-resolution structure of an interface between filamin A and an integrin adhesion receptor. When bound, the integrin β cytoplasmic tail forms an extended β strand that interacts with β strands C and D of the filamin immunoglobulin-like domain (IgFLN) 21. This interface is common to many integrins, and we suggest it is a prototype for other IgFLN domain interactions. Notably, the structurally defined filamin binding site overlaps with that of the integrin-regulator talin, and these proteins compete for binding to integrin tails, allowing integrin-filamin interactions to impact talin-dependent integrin activation. Phosphothreonine-mimicking mutations inhibit filamin, but not talin, binding, indicating that kinases may modulate this competition and provide additional means to control integrin functions.

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Copyright 2006 Elsevier Inc.

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