440-kD ankyrinB is an alternatively spliced variant of 220-kD ankyrinB, with a predicted 220-kD sequence inserted between the membrane/spectrin binding domains and COOH-terminal domain (Kunimoto, M., E. Otto, and V. Bennett. 1991. J. Cell Biol. 236:1372-1379). This paper presents the sequence of 2085 amino acids comprising the alternatively spliced portion of 440-kD ankyrinB, and provides evidence that much of the inserted sequence has the configuration of an extended random coil. Notable features of the inserted sequence include a hydrophilicity profile that contains few hydrophobic regions, and 220 predicted sites for phosphorylation by protein kinases (casein kinase 2, protein kinase C, and proline-directed protein kinase). Secondary structure and folding of the inserted amino acid residues were deduced from properties of recombinant polypeptides. Frictional ratios of 1.9-2.4 were calculated from Stokes radii and sedimentation coefficients, for polypeptides comprising 70% of the inserted sequence, indicating a highly asymmetric shape. Circular dichroism spectra of these polypeptides indicate a nonglobular structure with negligible alpha-helix or beta sheet folding. These results suggest a ball-and-chain model for 440-kD ankyrinB with a membrane-associated globular head domain and an extended filamentous tail domain encoded by the inserted sequence. Immunofluorescence and immunoblot studies of developing neonatal rat optic nerve indicate that 440-kD ankyrinB is selectively targeted to premyelinated axons, and that 440-kD ankyrinB disappears from these axons coincident with myelination. Hypomyelinated nerve tracts of the myelin-deficient Shiverer mice exhibit elevated levels of 440-kD ankyrinB. 440-kD ankyrinB thus is a specific component of unmyelinated axons and expression of 440-kD ankyrinB may be downregulated as a consequence of myelination.
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December 15 1993
440-kD ankyrinB: structure of the major developmentally regulated domain and selective localization in unmyelinated axons.
W Chan,
W Chan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
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E Kordeli,
E Kordeli
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
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V Bennett
V Bennett
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
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W Chan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
E Kordeli
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
V Bennett
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1993) 123 (6): 1463–1473.
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W Chan, E Kordeli, V Bennett; 440-kD ankyrinB: structure of the major developmentally regulated domain and selective localization in unmyelinated axons.. J Cell Biol 15 December 1993; 123 (6): 1463–1473. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.123.6.1463
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