Spatiotemporal regulation of FMNL2 by N-terminal myristoylation and C-terminal phosphorylation drives rapid filopodia formation

Abstract: The actin nucleating and polymerizing formin-like 2 (FMNL2) is upregulated in several cancers and has been shown to play important roles in cell migration, invasion, cell–cell adhesion and filopodia formation. Here, using structured illumination microscopy we show that FMNL2 promotes rapid and highly dynamic filopodia formation in epithelial cells while remaining on the tip of the growing filopodia. This filopodia tip localization depends fully on its N-terminal myristoylation. We further show that FMNL2-dependent filopodia formation requires its serine 1072 phosphorylation within the diaphanous-autoregulatory domain (DAD) by protein kinase C (PKC) α. Consistent with this, filopodia formation depends on PKC activity and PKCα localizes to the base of growing filopodia. Thus, a PKCα–FMNL2 signaling module spatiotemporally controls dynamic filopodia formation

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Biomolecules. - 13, 3 (2023) , 548, ISSN: 2218-273X

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Freiburg
(who)
Universität
(when)
2023
Creator
Lorenzen, Lina
Frank, Dennis
Schwan, Carsten
Grosse, Robert

DOI
10.3390/biom13030548
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2352803
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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