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Structural differences explain diverse functions of Plasmodium actins.
PLoS Pathogens, 2014 Actins are highly conserved proteins and key players in central processes in all eukaryotic cells. The two actins of the malaria parasite are among the most divergent eukaryotic actins and also differ from each other more than isoforms in any other ...
Juha Vahokoski +11 more
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Structure and function of Plasmodium actin II in the parasite mosquito stages.
PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Actins are filament-forming, highly-conserved proteins in eukaryotes. They are involved in essential processes in the cytoplasm and also have nuclear functions.
Andrea J Lopez +10 more
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Trends in Cell Biology, 1996 The most biologically significant property of actin is its ability to self-associate and form two-stranded polymeric microfilaments. In living cells, these micro filaments form the actin cytoskeleton, essential for maintenance of the shape, passive mechanical properties and active motility of eukaryotic cells. Recently discovered actin-related proteins
Thomas D. Pollard +2 more
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Localization of actin in Dictyostelium amebas by immunofluorescence [PDF]
, 1977 Antibody prepared against avian smooth muscle actin has been used to localize actin in the slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum. The distribution of actin in migrating cells is different from that in feeding cells.
Eckert, Barry S., Lazarides, Elias
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The unusual dynamics of parasite actin result from isodesmic polymerization [PDF]
, 2013 Previous reports have indicated that parasite actins are short and inherently unstable, despite being required for motility. Here, we re-examine the polymerization properties of actin in Toxoplasma gondii (TgACTI), unexpectedly finding that it exhibits ...
Cooper, John A +6 more
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Spectrins in Axonal Cytoskeletons: Dynamics Revealed by Extensions and Fluctuations [PDF]
, 2014 The macroscopic properties, the properties of individual components and how those components interact with each other are three important aspects of a composited structure.
Carmo M. +3 more
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Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2016 Organisms from all domains of life depend on filaments of the protein actin to provide structure and to support internal movements. Many eukaryotic cells use forces produced by actin polymerization for their motility, and myosin motor proteins use ATP hydrolysis to produce force on actin filaments.
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Catastrophic disassembly of actin filaments via Mical-mediated oxidation. [PDF]
, 2017 Actin filament assembly and disassembly are vital for cell functions. MICAL Redox enzymes are important post-translational effectors of actin that stereo-specifically oxidize actin's M44 and M47 residues to induce cellular F-actin disassembly.
Ge, Peng +6 more
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Purification of Human Cytoplasmic Actins From Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Bio-Protocol, 2023 Eukaryotic cells rely on actin to support cellular structure, motility, transport, and a wide variety of other cytoplasmic functions and nuclear activities.
Brian Haarer +2 more
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