The effects of stabilizing mutations in the central part of the α-chain of tropomyosin on the structural and functional properties of αβ-tropomyosin heterodimers
2016
The effects of the D137L/G126R double mutation in the central part of the tropomyosin α-chain via the simultaneous replacement of two highly conserved non-canonical residues, viz., Asp137 and Gly126, by canonical residues Leu and Arg, respectively, on the properties of the αβ-tropomyosin heterodimer have been studied. It has been shown using circular dichroism that this mutation substantially increases the thermal stability of αβ-tropomyosin heterodimers, which, nevertheless, remains lower than that of αα-tropomyosin homodimers with these mutations in both α-chains. The stability of tropomyosin complexes with F-actin has also been studied by measuring the temperature dependences of their dissociation, which is detected by a decrease in light scattering. It has been revealed that αβ-tropomyosin heterodimers carrying the D137L/G126R mutation in the α-chain dissociate from the surface of actin filaments at a higher temperature than ββ-homodimers but at a lower temperature than αα-homodimers with these mutations in both α-chains. It has also been shown using the in vitro motility assay that D137L/G126R substitution in the α-chain increases the sliding velocity of regulated actin filaments in the case of αα-homodimers, while it noticeably decreases the velocity in the case of αβ-tropomyosin heterodimers. Thus, we can conclude that mutations in one of the chains of the tropomyosin dimeric molecule may have different effects on the properties of tropomyosin homodimers and heterodimers.
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