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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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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 The cytoplasmic actin isoforms (β- and γ-actins) contribute greatly to cellular processes such as cel-cell and cell-matrix interactions, as well as cell polarization, motility and division. Distinct isoforms modulations are linked to serious pathologies,
V. B. Dugina +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 The pressure tolerance of monomeric α-actin proteins from the deep-sea fish Coryphaenoides armatus and C. yaquinae was compared to that of non-deep-sea fish C.
Nobuhiko Wakai +3 more
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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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Cytoplasmic actin is an extracellular insect immune factor which is secreted upon immune challenge and mediates phagocytosis and direct killing of bacteria, and is a Plasmodium Antagonist. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2015 Actin is a highly versatile, abundant, and conserved protein, with functions in a variety of intracellular processes. Here, we describe a novel role for insect cytoplasmic actin as an extracellular pathogen recognition factor that mediates antibacterial ...
Simone L Sandiford +5 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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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 Role of non-muscle actin paralogs in cell cycle progression and proliferation
European Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 Uncontrolled cell proliferation leads to several pathologies, including cancer. Thus, this process must be tightly regulated. The cell cycle accounts for cell proliferation, and its progression is coordinated with changes in cell shape, for which ...
Estera Jeruzalska, Antonina J. Mazur
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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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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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