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dc.contributor.authorMerdes, A.en
dc.contributor.authorBrunkener, M.en
dc.contributor.authorHorstmann, H.en
dc.contributor.authorGeorgatos, S. D.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:15:48Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:15:48Z-
dc.identifier.issn0021-9525-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/21563-
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dc.subjectAnimalsen
dc.subjectCell Fractionationen
dc.subjectChromatography, Affinityen
dc.subjectCrystallins/chemistry/isolation & purification/*metabolismen
dc.subjectElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gelen
dc.subjectFluorescent Antibody Techniqueen
dc.subjectHydrogen-Ion Concentrationen
dc.subjectIntermediate Filament Proteins/metabolismen
dc.subjectLamin Type Ben
dc.subjectLaminsen
dc.subject*Membrane Glycoproteinsen
dc.subjectMembrane Proteins/chemistry/isolation & purification/*metabolismen
dc.subjectMicroscopy, Immunoelectronen
dc.subject*Nerve Tissue Proteinsen
dc.subjectNuclear Proteins/metabolismen
dc.subjectPeptide Fragments/metabolismen
dc.subjectSwineen
dc.subjectTrypsin/metabolismen
dc.subjectVimentin/isolation & purification/*metabolismen
dc.titleFilensin: a new vimentin-binding, polymerization-competent, and membrane-associated protein of the lens fiber cellen
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.enJournal articleen
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1918147-
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://jcb.rupress.org/content/115/2/397.full.pdf-
heal.languageen-
heal.accesscampus-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.publicationDate1991-
heal.abstractWe have studied the molecular properties of a 100-kD protein, termed filensin, which we have isolated from porcine lens membranes. Filensin represents a membrane-associated element, resistant to salt and nonionic detergent treatment, and extractable only by alkali or high concentrations of urea. By indirect immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy, this protein can be localized at the periphery of the lens fiber cells. Immunochemical analysis suggests that filensin originates from a larger 110-kD component which is abundantly expressed in lens but not in other tissues. Purified filensin polymerizes in a salt-dependent fashion and forms irregular fibrils (integral of 10 nm in diameter) when reconstituted into buffers of physiological ionic strength and neutral pH. Radiolabeled filensin binds specifically to lens vimentin under isotonic conditions, as demonstrated by affinity chromatography and ligand-blotting assays. By the latter approach, filensin also reacts with a 47-kD peripheral membrane protein of the lens cells. Purified filensin binds to PI, a synthetic peptide modelled after a segment of the COOH-terminal domain of peripherin (a type III intermediate filament protein highly homologous to vimentin), but not to various other peptides including the NH2-terminal headpiece of vimentin and derivatives of its middle (rod) domain. The filensin-PI binding is inhibited by purified lamin B, which is known to interact in vitro with PI (Djabali, K., M.-M. Portier, F. Gros, G. Blobel, and S. D. Georgatos. 1991. Cell. 64:109-121). Finally, limited proteolysis indicates that the filensin-vimentin interaction involves a 30-kD segment of the filensin molecule. Based on these observations, we postulate that the lens fiber cells express a polymerization-competent protein which is tightly associated with the plasma membrane and has the potential to serve as an anchorage site for vimentin intermediate filaments.en
heal.journalNameJ Cell Biolen
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
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