Structural basis for cofilin binding and actin filament disassembly

Cofilin is a small actin-binding protein that accelerates actin turnover by disassembling actin filaments. Here the authors present the 3.8 Å cryo-EM structure of a cofilin-decorated actin filament and discuss mechanistic implications.

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Main Authors: Kotaro Tanaka, Shuichi Takeda, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Toshiro Oda, Chieko Kimura-Sakiyama, Yuichiro Maéda, Akihiro Narita
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fdefc781b9034aa19dc5ebb979aa6664
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