Toxoplasma gondii actin filaments are tuned for rapid disassembly and turnover
Hvorecny K, Sladewski T, De La Cruz E, Kollman J, Heaslip A. Toxoplasma gondii actin filaments are tuned for rapid disassembly and turnover. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 1840. PMID: 38418447, PMCID: PMC10902351, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46111-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActin filamentsDynamic properties of actin filamentsProperties of actin filamentsCytoskeletal protein actinFilamentous actin networkSkeletal muscle actinCryo-EM structureIn vitro assemblyOrganelle inheritanceD-loopActin networkNucleotide exchangeLive cell imagingProteins actinSkeletal actinConserved structureEvolutionary changesActinApicomplexan parasitesAssembly contactsIntracellular parasitesMonomer dissociationApicomplexanFilamentsBiophysical properties