Different obscurin isoforms localize to distinct sites at sarcomeres

FEBS Lett. 2007 Apr 17;581(8):1549-54. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.011. Epub 2007 Mar 15.

Abstract

We used four antibodies to regions of obscurin isoforms A and B, encoded by the obscurin gene, to investigate the location of these proteins in skeletal myofibers at resting and stretched lengths. Obscurin A ( approximately 800 kDa) which was recognized by antibodies generated to the N-terminal, Rho-GEF, and the non-modular C-terminal domain that lacks the kinase-like domains, localizes at the level of the M-band. Obscurin B ( approximately 900 kDa) which has the N-terminal, Rho-GEF, and the C-terminal kinase-like domains, localizes at the level of the A/I junction. Additional isoforms, which lack one or more of these epitopes, are present at the Z-disk and Z/I junction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Muscle Proteins / analysis*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / chemistry*
  • Protein Isoforms / analysis
  • Sarcomeres / chemistry*

Substances

  • Muscle Proteins
  • Protein Isoforms