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Biophysical Characterization Of Naturally Occurring Titin M10 Mutations, Michael William Rudloff
Biophysical Characterization Of Naturally Occurring Titin M10 Mutations, Michael William Rudloff
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
The giant human muscle proteins titin and obscurin are important for sarcomeric organization, stretch response, and sarcomerogenesis in myofibrils. The extreme C-terminus of titin (the M10 domain) binds to the N-terminus of obscurin (the Ig1 domain) in the M-line, an interaction that is critical for sarcomere stability. The high-resolution structure of human M10 has been solved, along with M10 bound to one of its two known molecular targets, the Ig1 domain of obscurin-like protein. Multiple M10 mutations are linked to limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2J (LGMD2J) and tibial muscular dystrophy (TMD), however the effect of the M10 mutations on protein …