The contractome - A systems view of actomyosin contractility in non-muscle cells

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Abstract

Actomyosin contractility is a highly regulated process that affects many fundamental biological processes in each and every cell in our body. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster, we mined the literature and databases to map the contractome of non-muscle cells. Actomyosin contractility is involved in at least 49 distinct cellular functions that range from providing cell architecture to signal transduction and nuclear activity. Containing over 100 scaffolding and regulatory proteins, the contractome forms a highly complex network with more than 230 direct interactions between its components, 86 of them involving phosphorylation. Mapping these interactions, we identify the key regulatory pathways involved in the assembly of actomyosin structures and in activating myosin to produce contractile forces within non-muscle cells at the exact time and place necessary for cellular function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2209-2217
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Cell Science
Volume128
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Contractility
  • Myosin II
  • Non-muscle cells

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cell Biology

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