Obscurin

OBSCN
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesOBSCN, ARHGEF30, UNC89, obscurin, cytoskeletal calmodulin and titin-interacting RhoGEF
External IDsOMIM: 608616; MGI: 2681862; HomoloGene: 70869; GeneCards: OBSCN; OMA:OBSCN - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001098623
NM_001271223
NM_052843
NM_001386125

NM_001171512
NM_199152

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001092093
NP_001258152
NP_443075

NP_001164983
NP_954603

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 228.21 – 228.38 MbChr 11: 58.89 – 59.03 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Obscurin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OBSCN gene.[5][6][7] Obscurin belongs to the family of giant sarcomeric signaling proteins that includes titin and nebulin. Obscurin is expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle, and plays a role in the organization of myofibrils during sarcomere assembly. A mutation in the OBSCN gene has been associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and altered obscurin protein properties have been associated with other muscle diseases.

Structure

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Human obscurin may exist as multiple splice variants of approximately 720 kDa,[8][9][10][11][12] however the full-length nature of only one has been described to date.[13] Obscurin is expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle. The obscurin gene spans more than 150 kb, contains over 80 exons.[14] The encoded protein contains 68 Ig domains, 2 fibronectin domains, 1 IQ calmodulin-binding motif, 1 RhoGEF domain with an associated PH domain, and 2 serine-threonine kinase domains.[13] The dominant location of obscurin in mature myofibrils is at the sarcomeric M-band.[13][15] Titin, obscurin, obscurin-like-1 and myomesin form a ternary complex at sarcomeric M-bands that is critical for sarcomere mechanics.[16]

Function

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Obscurin belongs to the family of giant sarcomeric signaling proteins that includes titin and nebulin, and may have a role in the organization of myofibrils during assembly and may mediate interactions between the sarcoplasmic reticulum and myofibrils. Obscurin is the major cytoplasmic ligand for small ankyrin 1 (sANK1), a sarcoplasmic reticular protein, and the scaffolding function of obscurin appears to prevent degradation of sANK1.[17] These data indicate that obscurin serves as a signaling link between the sarcomeric and sarcoplasmic reticular domains,[18][19] Obscurin plays a role in the formation of new sarcomeres during myofibril assembly.[20] specifically, at the sarcomeric periphery where sites of initiation and progression of myofibrilogenesis lie.[21][22] Obscurin appears to be necessary for the proper incorporation of myosin filaments into sarcomeres and in the assembly of A-bands.[15][23] Moreover, the kinase domains of obscurin are enzymatically active and appear to be involved in the regulation of cell adhesion.[24]

Clinical significance

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Obscurin has been shown to exhibit a disease-related isoform switch in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.[25] An obscurin mutation Arg4344Gln was identified in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which disrupted binding of obscurin to the Z9-Z10 domains of titin.[26] A later study, however, was not able to reproduce this effect.[27] Due to lack of mechanistic evidence and the high prevalence among African Americans, the Arg4344Gln variant is currently not considered to be pathogenic.[28][29] Mutations found the gene encoding titin in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2J or Salih myopathy decrease the ability of titin to bind obscurin, suggesting that this may be causative in disease manifestation.[30]

Interactions

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Obscurin has been shown to interact with Titin,[5][31] specifically, with the Novex-3 of Titin, a 6.5 kb exon located upstream of the cardiac-specific N2B exon.[32] The C-terminal region of Obscurin interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of small ankyrin 1[33][34] and with the exon 43' region of ankyrin B.[35] The Ig3 of obscurin binds myomesin at the linker between My4 and My5.[30]

References

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  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000061462Ensembl, May 2017
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  8. ^ "Q5VST9".
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  11. ^ "Q5VST9-3".
  12. ^ "Q5VST9-5".
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  20. ^ Borisov AB, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Bloch RJ, Westfall MV, Russell MW (Sep 2004). "Dynamics of obscurin localization during differentiation and remodeling of cardiac myocytes: obscurin as an integrator of myofibrillar structure". The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. 52 (9): 1117–27. doi:10.1369/jhc.3A6183.2004. PMID 15314079.
  21. ^ Borisov AB, Raeker MO, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Yang K, Kurnit DM, Bloch RJ, Russell MW (Oct 2003). "Rapid response of cardiac obscurin gene cluster to aortic stenosis: differential activation of Rho-GEF and MLCK and involvement in hypertrophic growth". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 310 (3): 910–8. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.035. PMID 14550291.
  22. ^ Borisov AB, Martynova MG, Russell MW (Apr 2008). "Early incorporation of obscurin into nascent sarcomeres: implication for myofibril assembly during cardiac myogenesis". Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 129 (4): 463–78. doi:10.1007/s00418-008-0378-y. PMC 2761667. PMID 18219491.
  23. ^ Borisov AB, Sutter SB, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Bloch RJ, Westfall MV, Russell MW (Mar 2006). "Essential role of obscurin in cardiac myofibrillogenesis and hypertrophic response: evidence from small interfering RNA-mediated gene silencing" (PDF). Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 125 (3): 227–38. doi:10.1007/s00418-005-0069-x. hdl:2027.42/47398. PMID 16205939. S2CID 13623244.
  24. ^ Hu LY, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A (May 2013). "The kinase domains of obscurin interact with intercellular adhesion proteins". FASEB Journal. 27 (5): 2001–12. doi:10.1096/fj.12-221317. PMC 3633816. PMID 23392350.
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  27. ^ Fukuzawa A, Koch D, Grover S, Rees M, Gautel M (June 2021). "When is an obscurin variant pathogenic? The impact of Arg4344Gln and Arg4444Trp variants on protein-protein interactions and protein stability". Human Molecular Genetics. 30 (12): 1131–1141. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddab010. PMC 8188405. PMID 33438037.
  28. ^ Fukuzawa A, Koch D, Grover S, Rees M, Gautel M (June 2021). "When is an obscurin variant pathogenic? The impact of Arg4344Gln and Arg4444Trp variants on protein-protein interactions and protein stability". Human Molecular Genetics. 30 (12): 1131–1141. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddab010. PMC 8188405. PMID 33438037.
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  30. ^ a b Fukuzawa A, Lange S, Holt M, Vihola A, Carmignac V, Ferreiro A, et al. (June 2008). "Interactions with titin and myomesin target obscurin and obscurin-like 1 to the M-band: implications for hereditary myopathies". Journal of Cell Science. 121 (11): 1841–51. doi:10.1242/jcs.028019. PMID 18477606.
  31. ^ Pernigo S, Fukuzawa A, Pandini A, Holt M, Kleinjung J, Gautel M, Steiner RA (Feb 2015). "The crystal structure of the human titin:obscurin complex reveals a conserved yet specific muscle M-band zipper module". Journal of Molecular Biology. 427 (4): 718–36. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2014.11.019. PMID 25490259.
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  33. ^ Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Jones EM, Van Rossum DB, Bloch RJ (Mar 2003). "Obscurin is a ligand for small ankyrin 1 in skeletal muscle". Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14 (3): 1138–48. doi:10.1091/mbc.E02-07-0411. PMC 151585. PMID 12631729.
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