Mechanism of integrin activation by talin and its cooperation with kindlin

The authors report here that talin and kindlin, the two key integrin binders and activators, are bridged by paxillin to induce microclustering of integrins to potently bind to multivalent extracellular ligand and trigger rapid cell attachment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fan Lu, Liang Zhu, Thomas Bromberger, Jun Yang, Qiannan Yang, Jianmin Liu, Edward F. Plow, Markus Moser, Jun Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30117-w