ArticleThe Journal of cell biology1987
Cap Z(36/32), a barbed end actin-capping protein, is a component of the Z-line of skeletal muscle.
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- Mechanisms of CARMIL dimerization, autoinhibition, and capping protein binding.Science advances · 2026Article
- Linear Z-line-like alignment of capping protein in obliquely striated muscle of the nematodebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- A truncated isoform of Connexin43 caps actin to organize forward delivery of full-length Connexin43.The Journal of cell biology · 2025Article
- Actin-capping protein regulates actomyosin contractility to maintain germline architecture in C. elegans.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2023Article
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- Cofilin Loss in Drosophila Muscles Contributes to Muscle Weakness through Defective Sarcomerogenesis during Muscle Growth.Cell reports · 2020Article
- Towards a structural understanding of the remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2020Review
- Cofilin-1 phosphorylation catalyzed by ERK1/2 alters cardiac actin dynamics in dilated cardiomyopathy caused by lamin A/C gene mutation.Human molecular genetics · 2018Article
- Actin-associated proteins and cardiomyopathy-the 'unknown' beyond troponin and tropomyosin.Biophysical reviews · 2018Review
- Overview of the Muscle Cytoskeleton.Comprehensive Physiology · 2017Review
- MoCAP proteins regulated by MoArk1-mediated phosphorylation coordinate endocytosis and actin dynamics to govern development and virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae.PLoS genetics · 2017Article
- Myofibril growth during cardiac hypertrophy is regulated through dual phosphorylation and acetylation of the actin capping protein CapZ.Cellular signalling · 2016Article
- Pivotal and distinct role for Plasmodium actin capping protein alpha during blood infection of the malaria parasite.Molecular microbiology · 2015Article
- A two-segment model for thin filament architecture in skeletal muscle.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2013Article
- Conservation and divergence between cytoplasmic and muscle-specific actin capping proteins: insights from the crystal structure of cytoplasmic Cap32/34 from Dictyostelium discoideum.BMC structural biology · 2012Article
- BAG3 and Hsc70 interact with actin capping protein CapZ to maintain myofibrillar integrity under mechanical stress.Circulation research · 2010Article
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Abstract
Various biological activities have been attributed to actin-capping proteins based on their in vitro effects on actin filaments. However, there is little direct evidence for their in vivo activities. In this paper, we show that Cap Z(36/32), a barbed end, actin-capping protein isolated from muscle (Casella, J. F., D. J. Maack, and S. Lin, 1986, J. Biol. Chem., 261:10915-10921) is localized to the barbed ends of actin filaments by electron microscopy and to the Z-line of chicken skeletal muscle by indirect immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Since actin filaments associate with the Z-line at their barbed ends, these findings suggest that Cap Z(36/32) may play a role in regulating length, orienting, or attaching actin filaments to Z-discs.
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