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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography2008

Multiple crystal structures of actin dimers and their implications for interactions in the actin filament.

Michael R Sawaya, D S Kudryashov, Inna Pashkov, Helty Adisetiyo, Emil Reisler, Todd O Yeates

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors.

Michael R SawayaUCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA.
D S Kudryashov
Inna Pashkov
Helty Adisetiyo
Emil Reisler
Todd O Yeates

Funding

Dynamic Events in Myosin and Actin and Their FunctionR01GM077190 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI REISLER, EMIL · 2006 to 2020
$6.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS GM077190-28NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077190
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Abstract

The structure of actin in its monomeric form is known at high resolution, while the structure of filamentous F-actin is only understood at considerably lower resolution. Knowing precisely how the monomers of actin fit together would lead to a deeper understanding of the dynamic behavior of the actin filament. Here, a series of crystal structures of actin dimers are reported which were prepared by cross-linking in either the longitudinal or the lateral direction in the filament state. Laterally cross-linked dimers, comprised of monomers belonging to different protofilaments, are found to adopt configurations in crystals that are not related to the native structure of filamentous actin. In contrast, multiple structures of longitudinal dimers consistently reveal the same interface between monomers within a single protofilament. The reappearance of the same longitudinal interface in multiple crystal structures adds weight to arguments that the interface visualized is similar to that in actin filaments. Highly conserved atomic interactions involving residues 199-205 and 287-291 are highlighted.

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Actin CytoskeletonActinsConserved SequenceCross-Linking ReagentsCrystallography, X-RayDimerizationModels, MolecularActinsCross-Linking Reagents

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PMID18391412
PMCPMC2631129

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