| Literature DB >> 17586488 |
Christelle Etard1, Martine Behra, Nadine Fischer, David Hutcheson, Robert Geisler, Uwe Strähle.
Abstract
Contraction of muscles is mediated by highly organized arrays of myosin motor proteins. We report here the characterization of a mutation of a UCS gene named steif/unc-45b that is required for the formation of ordered myofibrils in both the skeletal and cardiac muscles of zebrafish. We show that Steif/Unc-45b interacts with the chaperone Hsp90a in vitro. The two genes are co-expressed in the skeletal musculature and knockdown of Hsp90a leads to impaired myofibril formation in the same manner as lack of Steif/Unc-45b activity. Transcripts of both genes are up-regulated in steif mutants suggesting co-regulation of the two genes. Our data indicate a requirement of Steif/unc-45b and Hsp90a for the assembly of the contractile apparatus in the vertebrate skeletal musculature.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17586488 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.05.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Biol ISSN: 0012-1606 Impact factor: 3.582