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. 1980 Jan 15;186(1):99-104.
doi: 10.1042/bj1860099.

Interaction of aldolase with actin-containing filaments. Structural studies

M Stewart, D J Morton, F M Clarke

Interaction of aldolase with actin-containing filaments. Structural studies

M Stewart et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

Electron micrographs of the paracrystals formed when fructose bisphosphate aldolase (EC 4.1.2.13) is added to actin-containing filaments were analysed by computer methods so that ultrastructural changes could be correlated with the various stoicheiometries of binding determined in the preceding paper [Walsh, Winzor, Clarke, Masters & Morton (1980) Biochem. J. 186, 89-98]. Paracrystals formed with aldolase and either F-actin or F-actin-tropomyosin have a single light transverse band every 38 nm, which is due to aldolase molecules cross-linking the filaments. In contrast, the paracrystals formed between aldolase and F-actin-tropomyosin-troponin filaments show two transverse bands every 38 nm: a major band, interpreted as aldolase binding to troponin, and a minor band, interpreted as aldolase cross-linking the filaments. The intensity of the minor band varies with Ca2+ concentration, being greatest when the Ca2+ concentration is low. A model for the different paracrystal structures which relates the various patterns and binding stoicheiometries to structural changes in the actin-containing filaments is proposed.

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