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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 111, Issue 24 3597-3608, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists

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Myr 7 is a novel myosin IX-RhoGAP expressed in rat brain

E Chieregatti, A Gartner, HE Stoffler and M Bahler
Friedrich-Miescher Laboratorium in the Max-Planck Society,Tubingen, Germany.

Rho family GTPases are important regulators of neuronal morphology, but the proteins directly controlling their activity in neurons are still poorly defined. We report the identification of myr 7, a novel unconventional myosin IX-RhoGAP expressed in rat brain. Myr 7 is a multidomain protein related to myr 5, the first class IX myosin to be characterized. It exhibits a myosin head domain with an N-terminal extension and a large insertion at loop 2, an actin contact site and regulator of myosin ATPase rate. The myosin head domain is followed by a neck domain consisting of six unevenly spaced consecutive IQ motifs representing light chain binding sites. The tail domain contains a C6H2-zinc binding motif and a region that specifically stimulates the GTPase-activity of Rho followed by a short stretch predicted to adopt a coiled-coil structure. Five alternatively spliced regions, one in the 5'-noncoding region, two in the myosin head and two in the tail domain, were noted. Analysis of myr 7 and myr 5 expression in different tissues revealed that myr 7 is expressed at high levels in developing and adult brain tissue whereas myr 5 is expressed only at moderate levels in embryonic brain tissue and at even further reduced levels in adult brain tissue. Myr 5 is, however, highly expressed in lung, liver, spleen and testis. Myr 7 is expressed in all brain regions and is localized in the cytoplasm of cell bodies, dendrites and axons. Myr 5 exhibits an overlapping, but not identical cellular distribution. Finally, a myr 7 fusion protein encompassing the GAP domain specifically activates the GTPase-activity of Rho in vitro, and overexpression of myr 7 in HtTA1-HeLa cells leads to inactivation of Rho in vivo. These results are compatible with a role for myr 7 (and myr 5) in regulating Rho activity in neurons and hence in regulating neuronal morphology and function.


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