Article Dans Une Revue Cells Année : 2024

Unraveling Desmin’s Head Domain Structure and Function

Unraveling Desmin's Head Domain Structure and Function.

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Understanding the structure and function of intermediate filaments (IFs) is necessary in order to explain why more than 70 related IF genes have evolved in vertebrates while maintaining such dramatically tissue-specific expression. Desmin is a member of the large multigene family of IF proteins and is specifically expressed in myocytes. In an effort to elucidate its muscle-specific behavior, we have used a yeast two-hybrid system in order to identify desmin’s head binding partners. We described a mitochondrial and a lysosomal protein, NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase core subunit S2 (NDUFS2), and saposin D, respectively, as direct desmin binding partners. In silico analysis indicated that both interactions at the atomic level occur in a very similar way, by the formation of a three-helix bundle with hydrophobic interactions in the interdomain space and hydrogen bonds at R16 and S32 of the desmin head domain. The interactions, confirmed also by GST pull-down assays, indicating the necessity of the desmin head domain and, furthermore, point out its role in function of mitochondria and lysosomes, organelles which are disrupted in myopathies due to desmin head domain mutations.

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hal-04753657 , version 1 (25-10-2024)

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Dimitrios Vlachakis, Konstantinos Tsilafakis, Ioanna Kostavasili, Sophia Kossida, Manolis Mavroidis. Unraveling Desmin’s Head Domain Structure and Function. Cells, 2024, 13 (7), pp.603. ⟨10.3390/cells13070603⟩. ⟨hal-04753657⟩
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