A Novel Structural Unit in the N-terminal Region of Filamins.
Sethi, R., Seppala, J., Tossavainen, H., Ylilauri, M., Ruskamo, S., Pentikainen, O.T., Pentikainen, U., Permi, P., Ylanne, J.(2014) J Biol Chem 289: 8588-8598
- PubMed: 24469451 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.537456
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3V8O, 4M9P, 4MGX - PubMed Abstract: 
Immunoglobulin-like (Ig) domains are a widely expanded superfamily that act as interaction motifs or as structural spacers in multidomain proteins. Vertebrate filamins (FLNs), which are multifunctional actin-binding proteins, consist of 24 Ig domains. We have recently discovered that in the C-terminal rod 2 region of FLN, Ig domains interact with each other forming functional domain pairs, where the interaction with signaling and transmembrane proteins is mechanically regulated by weak actomyosin contraction forces ...