Journal of Muscle Research & Cell Motility

, Volume 11, Issue 5, pp 378–391 | Cite as

Expression of human β-myosin heavy chain fragments inEscherichia coli; localization of actin interfaces on cardiac myosin

  • Patrick Eldin
  • Martine Le Cunff
  • Klaus W. Diederich
  • Thomas Jaenicke
  • Bernard Cornillon
  • Dominique Mornet
  • Hans -Peter Vosberg
  • Jean J. Léger
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Summary

A cDNA clone coding for an internal fragment of slow-cardiacβ-myosin heavy chain was isolated from aλgt10 human skeletal muscle library. Six overlapping cDNA subclones, which span myosin heavy chain subregions and presumably interact with actin, were derived from this clone, fused to aβ-galactosidase vector and expressed inEscherichia coli. Three of the subclones were obtained by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) which enables gene or cDNA fragments to be amplified independently of preexisting restriction sites. Initially, various experiments were carried out using a long MHC (myosin heavy chain) fusion protein containing the 50 kDa-20 kDa connecting region, the whole 20 kDa region and the short subfragment 2 region. This MHC fusion protein was chemically or proteolytically cleaved in the same conditions as the native myosin molecule. Whole and truncated forms of the MHC fusion protein were separated on polyacrylamide gels, electroblotted on nitrocellulose sheets and renatured. They were then assayed in overlay experiments with F-actin and/or myosin light chains in solution. Specific antibodies were used to detect interactions between heavy chain fragments and F-actin or light chains. We thus observed that one long heavy chain fragment synthesized byE. coli behaved like proteolytic or chemical MHC preparations made from native myosin molecules. Two chymotryptic fragments of the MHC fusion protein, which are soluble at low ionic strength, cosedimented with F-actin in solution. Our results demonstrate that, in actin overlay experiments with whole fusion proteins, interactions seem to be due to the heavy chain fragment, not to the bacterial component. All interactions were non ATP-sensitive. We further investigated the possible participation of the six recombinant MHC fragments in contributing to the actomyosin interfaces on the 50 kDa-20 kDa regions of the human cardiacβ-MHC. The present procedure, which enables the synthesis of any MHC fragment independent of any protease site, is a powerful new tool for studying structure-function relationships within the myosin molecule family.

Keywords

Heavy Chain Myosin Heavy Chain Myosin Light Chain Human Skeletal Muscle Cardiac Myosin 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Patrick Eldin
    • 1
  • Martine Le Cunff
    • 1
  • Klaus W. Diederich
    • 2
  • Thomas Jaenicke
    • 2
  • Bernard Cornillon
    • 1
  • Dominique Mornet
    • 1
  • Hans -Peter Vosberg
    • 2
  • Jean J. Léger
    • 1
  1. 1.Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche MédicaleINSERM U.300, Faculté de PharmacieMontpellier cedex 1France
  2. 2.Department of Cell PhysiologyMax Planck Institute for Medical ResearchHeidelbergFRG

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