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ArticleNature communications2025

Mechanism of Arp2/3 complex branch disassembly by human Coro7.

Nooshin Shatery Nejad, Malgorzata Boczkowska, Rouba Hilal, Fred E Fregoso, Kyle R Barrie, Grzegorz Rebowski, Andrew J Saks, Alexis M Gautreau, Enrique M De La Cruz, Roberto Dominguez

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Article in Nature communications, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Nooshin Shatery Nejad *Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-7540
Malgorzata Boczkowska *Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1677-023X
Rouba Hilal *Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule (BIOC), CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-1767-7037
Fred E FregosoDepartment of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Kyle R BarrieDepartment of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-1639
Grzegorz RebowskiDepartment of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0766-6302
Andrew J SaksDepartment of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-4555-6145
Alexis M GautreauLaboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule (BIOC), CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-4362
Enrique M De La CruzDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-2892
Roberto DominguezDepartment of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. droberto@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3186-5229

Funding

Structural-Functional Basis of Actin Cytoskeleton DynamicsR01GM073791 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DOMINGUEZ, ROBERTO · 2005 to 2025
$7.0M
Actin filament mechanics and branched network turnoverR35GM136656 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ENRIQUE M DE LA CRUZ · 2020 to 2026
$4.0M
Structural biology and molecular biophysics training programT32GM132039 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ben E. Black, Elizabeth Rhoades · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-22-CE13-0041Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-24-CE44-4957NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM073791NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136656NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arp2/3 complex nucleates branched actin networks that drive cell motility and intracellular trafficking. Coronins, a family of seven proteins in humans, inhibit Arp2/3 complex in vitro and reduce branch density in cells. Coro7, a distant member of this family, features two β-propeller domains (β1β2) and C-terminal Central-Acidic (CA) domains and remains poorly studied. Here, cryo-EM and biochemical data show that CA binds subunit Arp3 of free Arp2/3 complex with ~1 µM affinity, inhibiting polymerization like Arpin, while displacing Arp3's autoinhibitory C-terminal tail and promoting the active, short-pitch conformation, like WASP-family nucleation-promoting factors. Full-length Coro7, however, does not inhibit Arp2/3 complex polymerization but effectively induces debranching, whereas the isolated β1β2 or CA domains do not. In cells, Coro7 depletion disrupts ER-Golgi transport, which is rescued by full-length Coro7 but not by truncated variants. These results suggest that Coro7 functions as an Arp2/3 complex branch disassembly factor implicated in actin-dependent ER-Golgi trafficking.

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Actin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexCarrier ProteinsMicrofilament ProteinsActin-Related Protein 3ActinsCell MovementCryoelectron MicroscopyEndoplasmic ReticulumGene Knockout TechniquesGolgi ApparatusHEK293 CellsHumansProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationActin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActin-Related Protein 3Actinsarpin protein, humanCarrier Proteinscoronin proteinsMicrofilament Proteins

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PMID41198690
PMCPMC12592476

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