Synergy between Cyclase-associated protein and Cofilin accelerates actin filament depolymerization by two orders of magnitude

Cellular actin networks can be rapidly disassembled and remodeled in a few seconds, yet in vitro actin filaments depolymerize over minutes. Here the authors show that Cyclase-associated protein (CAP) and Cofilin synergize to processively depolymerize actin filament pointed ends 330-fold faster than...

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Main Authors: Shashank Shekhar, Johnson Chung, Jane Kondev, Jeff Gelles, Bruce L. Goode
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13268-1