LIM-kinase 1 (LIMK1) and 2 (LIMK2) are members of a novel class of protein kinases containing two LIM motifs at the N-terminus. The LIM motif is thought to be involved in protein-protein interactions. We report here evidence that LIMK1 self-associates and also associates with LIMK2. In vivo and in vitro binding analyses using variously deleted mutants of LIMK1 revealed that the self-association of LIMK1 was caused by interaction between the N-terminal LIM domain and the C-terminal kinase domain. The association of LIMK1 with itself and with LIMK2 is important for understanding how activities and functions of LIMK family kinases are regulated.
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Hiraoka, J., Okano, I., Higuchi, O., Yang, N., & Mizuno, K. (1996). Self-association of LIM-kinase 1 mediated by the interaction between an N-terminal LIM domain and a C-terminal kinase domain. FEBS Letters, 399(1–2), 117–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(96)01303-8
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