Two stage cadherin kinetics require multiple extracellular domains but not the cytoplasmic region

Yuan Hung Chien, Ning Jiang, Fang Li, Fang Zhang, Cheng Zhu, Deborah Leckband

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Abstract

Micropipette manipulation measurements quantified the pre-steady state binding kinetics between cell pairs mediated by Xenopus cleavage stage cadherin. The time-dependence of the intercellular binding probability exhibits a fast forming, low probability binding state, which transitions to a slower forming, high probability state. The biphasic kinetics are independent of the cytoplasmic region, but the transition to the high probability state requires the third extracellular domain EC3. Deleting either EC3 or EC3-5, or substituting Trp 2 for Ala reduces the binding curves to a simple, monophasic rise in binding probability to a limiting plateau, as predicted for a single site binding mechanism. The two stage cadherin binding process reported here directly parallels previous biophysical studies, and confirms that the cadherin ectodomain governs the initial intercellular adhesion dynamics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1848-1856
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume283
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 25 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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