Proximity proteomics provides a new resource for exploring the function of Afadin and the complexity of cell-cell adherens junctions.

ABSTRACT: The network of proteins at the interface between cell-cell adherens junctions and the actomyosin cytoskeleton provides robust yet dynamic connections that facilitate cell shape change and motility. While this was initially thought to be a simple linear connection via classic cadherins and their associated catenins, we now have come to appreciate that many more proteins are involved, providing robustness and mechanosensitivity. Defining the full network of proteins in this network remains a key objective in our field. Proximity proteomics provides a means to define these networks. Mammalian Afadin and its Drosophila homolog Canoe are key parts of this protein network, facilitating diverse cell shape changes during gastrulation and other events of embryonic morphogenesis. Here we report resu

SUBMITTER: Choi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581034 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature