TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lange, Stephan
A1  - Himmel, Mirko
A1  - Auerbach, Daniel
A1  - Agarkova, Irina
A1  - Hayess, Katrin
A1  - Fürst, Dieter Oswald
A1  - Perriard, Jean-Claude
A1  - Ehler, Elisabeth
T1  - Dimerisation of myomesin : implications for the structure of the sarcomeric M-band
N2  - The sarcomeric M-band is thought to provide a link between the thick and the elastic, filament systems. So far, relatively little is known about its structural components and their three-dimensional organisation. Myomesin seems to be an essential component of the M-band, since it is expressed in all types of vertebrate striated muscle fibres investigated and can be found in its mature localisation pattern as soon as the first myofibrils are assembled. Previous work has shown that the N-terminal and central part of myomesin harbour binding sites for myosin, titin and muscle creatine kinase. Intrigued by the highly conserved domain layout of the C-terminal half, we screened for new interaction partners by yeast two-hybrid analysis. This revealed a strong interaction of myomesin with itself. This finding was confirmed by several biochemical assays. Our data suggest that myomesin can form antiparallel dimers via a binding site residing in its C-terminal domain 13. We suggest that, similar to alpha-actinin in the Z-disc, the myomesin dimers cross- link the contractile filaments in the M-band. The new and the already previously identified myomesin interaction sites are integrated into the first three-dimensional model of the sarcomeric M-band on a molecular basis. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0022-2836
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wiesner, Sebastian
A1  - Salmikangas, Paula
A1  - Auerbach, Daniel
A1  - Himmel, Mirko
A1  - Kempa, Stefan
A1  - Hayes, Kathrin
A1  - Pacholsky, Dirk
A1  - Taivainen, Anu
A1  - Schröder, Rolf
A1  - Carpen, Olli
A1  - Fürst, Dieter Oswald
T1  - Indications for a novel muscular dystrophy pathway : gamma-filamin, the muscle-specific filamin isoform, intgeracts with myotilin
Y1  - 2000
ER  -