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ArticleBiochemistry2008

Influence of phalloidin on the formation of actin filament branches by Arp2/3 complex.

Rachel E Mahaffy, Thomas D Pollard

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Article in Biochemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Structure of Arp2/3 complex at a branched actin filament junction resolved by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  5. Force and phosphate release from Arp2/3 complex promote dissociation of actin filament branches.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  8. Actin filament curvature biases branching direction.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachel E MahaffyDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8103, USA.
Thomas D Pollard
Yale University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR MOTILITYR01GM026338 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI POLLARD, THOMAS D. · 1985 to 2020
$9.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM-026338NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM026338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cyclic peptide phalloidin binds and stabilizes actin filaments. It is widely used in studies of actin filament assembly, including analysis of branch formation by Arp2/3 complex, but its influence on the branching reaction has not been considered. Here we show that rhodamine-phalloidin binds both Arp2/3 complex and the VCA domain of Arp2/3 complex activator, hWASp, with dissociation equilibrium constants of about 100 nM. Not only does phalloidin promote nucleation of pure actin monomers but it also dramatically stimulates branch formation by actin, Arp2/3 complex, and hWASp-VCA more than 10-fold and inhibits dissociation of branches. Therefore, the appearance of more branches in samples treated with rhodamine-phalloidin arises from multiple influences of the peptide on both the formation and dissociation of branches.

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Actin-Related Protein 2Actin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActin-Related Protein 3ActinsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCattleChickensFluorescence PolarizationMicroscopy, FluorescenceMolecular Sequence DataPhalloidineProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsWiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ProteinActin-Related Protein 2Actin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActin-Related Protein 3ActinsPhalloidineRecombinant Fusion ProteinsWiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein

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PMID18489122
PMCPMC3700665
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