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ReviewBiomolecules2025

Multiple Mechanisms to Regulate Actin Functions: "Fundamental" Versus Lineage-Specific Mechanisms and Hierarchical Relationships.

Taro Q P Uyeda, Yosuke Yamazaki, Saku T Kijima, Taro Q P Noguchi, Kien Xuan Ngo

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Taro Q P UyedaDepartment of Pure and Applied Physics, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Shinjuku, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3584-9499
Yosuke YamazakiRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Yokohama 230-0045, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6863-3344
Saku T KijimaBioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba 305-8566, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1080-6289
Taro Q P NoguchiDepartment of Chemical Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Miyakonojo College, Miyakonojo 885-0006, Miyazaki, Japan.
Kien Xuan NgoNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9710-5452

Funding

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan 23H02452
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic actin filaments play a central role in numerous cellular functions, with each function relying on the interaction of actin filaments with specific actin-binding proteins. Understanding the mechanisms that regulate these interactions is key to uncovering how actin filaments perform diverse roles at different cellular locations. Several distinct classes of actin regulatory mechanisms have been proposed and experimentally supported. However, these mechanisms vary in their nature and hierarchy. For instance, some operate under the control of others, highlighting hierarchical relationships. Additionally, while certain mechanisms are fundamental and ubiquitous across eukaryotes, others are lineage-specific. Here, we emphasize the fundamental importance and functional significance of the following actin regulatory mechanisms: the biochemical regulation of actin nucleators, the ATP hydrolysis-dependent aging of actin filaments, thermal fluctuation- and mechanical strain-dependent conformational changes of actin filaments, and cooperative conformational changes induced by actin-binding proteins.

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Actin CytoskeletonActinsAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsHumansMicrofilament ProteinsActinsAdenosine TriphosphateMicrofilament Proteinsactin-binding proteinagingbiochemical regulationcooperativitydissociation rate constantsmechanical strainnucleatorpolymorphismthermal and stochastic fluctuations

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PMID40001582
PMCPMC11853071

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