Atomic view into Plasmodium actin polymerization, ATP hydrolysis, and fragmentation.

Plasmodium actins form very short filaments and have a noncanonical link between ATP hydrolysis and polymerization. Long filaments are detrimental to the parasites, but the structural factors constraining Plasmodium microfilament lengths have remained unknown. Using high-resolution crystallography,...

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Main Authors: Esa-Pekka Kumpula, Andrea J Lopez, Leila Tajedin, Huijong Han, Inari Kursula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000315