Journal
JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 3, Pages 196-203Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.11.002
Keywords
Syncoilin; Intermediate filament; Muscle; Atrophy; Regeneration; alpha-helical
Funding
- Muscular Dystrophy Association USA
- Association Francaise Contre les Myopathies
- Medical Research Council [MC_U137761449] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U137761449] Funding Source: UKRI
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Syncoilin is a 64 kDa intermediate filament (IF) protein expressed in myocytes at the sarcolemma, perinucleus, myotendenous and neuromuscular junctions. Here we present a revised domain projection and structural analysis for the original isoform (sync-1) and introduce two novel syncoilin isoforms (sync-2 and sync-3) generated by exon splicing. On the basis of consensus identity we propose that syncoilin be reclassified as a type III IF protein. All three syncoilin isoforms lack a L1 domain, a significant departure from standard IF rod domain projections that is likely to impact significantly on their biological function. Our analyses indicate that syncoilin is unlikely to form classical intermediate filament structures by itself, and that the significant difference in C-terminal structure between the three isoforms indicates that they may play divergent roles in myocytes. We show that despite lacking an apparent structural role in striated muscle, syncoilin isoforms are differentially and strongly upregulated in response to cardiotoxin induced regeneration and denervation induced atrophy in the C57BL/6 mouse, possibly suggesting an atypical role for syncoilin in muscle. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
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