Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2048731 | FEBS Letters | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) expression is suppressed during cancer cell reversion to a non-malignant phenotype. We identified a primary sequence of TCTP with homology to ADF/cofilin. We confirm that a synthetic peptide corresponding to this sequence binds specifically to actin and is displaced from actin by cofilin. TCTP peptide has higher affinity for G-actin than F-actin and does not block actin-filament depolymerization by cofilin. These results suggest that TCTP may channel active cofilin to F-actin, enhancing the cofilin-activity cycle in invasive tumor cells. Loss of TCTP may result in sequestration of active cofilin by a monomeric pool of actin.
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Authors
Katsiaryna Tsarova, Elena G. Yarmola, Michael R. Bubb,