National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
5R01GM152412
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH/NIAMS)
5R01GM073791
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH/NIAMS)
5T32AR053461-20
United States
Citation
Journal: Nat Commun / Year: 2026 Title: Leiomodin 2 is a processive pointed-end elongator of actin filaments. Authors: Sudipta Biswas / Tania M Larrinaga / Sandeep Choubey / Carol C Gregorio / Shashank Shekhar / Abstract: The actin cytoskeleton drives essential processes like cell migration and muscle contraction. While barbed-end polymerization is well-established, pointed-end elongation was long considered ...The actin cytoskeleton drives essential processes like cell migration and muscle contraction. While barbed-end polymerization is well-established, pointed-end elongation was long considered impossible in vivo. Here, we demonstrate that Leiomodin 2 (Lmod2), which localizes to thin-filament pointed ends in striated muscle cells, functions as an actin polymerase for pointed-end elongation. Single-molecule and single-filament imaging reveal that Lmod2 remains processively bound to pointed ends in vitro, enabling elongation even in the presence of high profilin concentrations found in the cytoplasm that otherwise would cause depolymerization of free pointed ends. Kinetic analysis indicates that Lmod2-mediated elongation proceeds through a linked two-step mechanism, in which monomer addition is followed by a first-order transition at the Lmod2-bound pointed end that limits elongation at high actin concentrations. Lmod2's activity also persists in the presence of tropomyosin, underscoring its physiological relevance. Both processivity and elongation rate of Lmod2 are dependent on its WH2 domain. Remarkably, human dilated cardiomyopathy-associated mutations in Lmod2 greatly reduce Lmod2's pointed-end elongation activity, providing a potential mechanism for disease progression and supporting a role for Lmod2-mediated polymerization in the formation and maintenance of muscle sarcomeres.
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Mass: 41875.633 Da / Num. of mol.: 6 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit) / Tissue: skeletal muscle References: UniProt: P68135, Hydrolases; Acting on acid anhydrides; Acting on acid anhydrides to facilitate cellular and subcellular movement
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