An autoinhibited structure of α-catenin and its implications for vinculin recruitment to adherens junctions

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 15913-15925

  Ishiyama, Noboru ^a   Tanaka, Nobutoshi ^c,d   Abe, Kentaro ^c   Yang, Yoo Jeong ^a   Abbas, Yazan M ^e   Umitsu, Masataka ^a   Nagar, Bhushan ^e   Bueler, Stephanie A ^f   Rubinstein, John L ^b,f   Takeichi, Masatoshi ^d   Ikura, Mitsuhiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN-BINDING DOMAINS; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ADHESION RECEPTORS; BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

CELL ADHESION; GLYCOPROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL JUNCTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

Α-CATENIN; ADHERENS JUNCTION; CADHERINS; CATENIN; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; VINCULIN;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VINCULIN;

EID: 84878387476     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.453928     Document Type: Article

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