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Side-binding proteins modulate actin filament dynamics.
eLife 4, DOI: 10.1101/008128 (2015)
Actin filament dynamics govern many key physiological processes from cell motility to tissue morphogenesis. A central feature of actin dynamics is the capacity of the filament to polymerize and depolymerize at its ends in response to cellular conditions. It is currently thought that filament kinetics can be described by a single rate constant for each end. Here, using direct visualization of single actin filament elongation, we show that actin polymerization kinetics at both filament ends are strongly influenced by proteins that bind to the lateral filament surface. We also show that the less dynamic end, called the pointed-end, has a non-elongating state that dominates the observed filament kinetic asymmetry. Estimates of filament flexibility and Brownian dynamics simulations suggest that the observed kinetic diversity arises from structural alteration. Tuning filament kinetics by exploiting the natural malleability of the actin filament structure may be a ubiquitous mechanism to generate the rich variety of observed cellular actin dynamics.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Different Structural States; F-actin; Barbed-end; Fluorescence Microscopy; Cofilin Increases; Adp-actin; Myosin; Cell; Elongation; Polymerization
ISSN (print) / ISBN
2050-084X
e-ISSN
2050-084X
Zeitschrift
eLife
Quellenangaben
Band: 4
Verlag
eLife Sciences Publications
Verlagsort
Cambridge
Nichtpatentliteratur
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Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Structural Biology (STB)