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. 1983 Oct;80(19):5927–5930. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.19.5927

Connectin: cell surface protein that binds both laminin and actin.

S S Brown, H L Malinoff, M S Wicha
PMCID: PMC390190  PMID: 6310604

Abstract

A purified cell surface receptor protein for laminin (Mr = 70,000) isolated from mouse fibrosarcoma cells binds to actin with specificity and high affinity. This binding was demonstrated both by cosedimentation of the receptor with actin and binding of the receptor to actin immobilized on nitrocellulose filters. Specificity was demonstrated by displacement of 35S-labeled receptor by unlabeled receptor. Scatchard analysis of receptor binding to actin yielded a Kd of 6 X 10(-7) M. The receptor was observed to reduce the viscosity of actin filaments. It also caused the formation of bundles of parallel filaments. This observation and the stoichiometry of binding suggest that the receptor binds along the sides of actin filaments. Based on the ability of this receptor to bind both extracellular laminin and intracellular actin, we have named this protein "connectin." Connectin may be an example of a transmembrane protein that is capable of mediating the interaction of a cell with its extracellular matrix.

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